Yahi subgroup of Yana people

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Indigenous people Native American man Native American people Yahi person

The Yahi subgroup of the Yana people was a small Indigenous group from northern California, known for being among the last surviving Native communities in the region and for the story of Ishi, often called the “last Yahi.”

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Label	Occurrences
Yahi subgroup of Yana people canonical	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indigenous people ⓘ Native American man ⓘ Native American people ⓘ Yahi person ⓘ
associatedWith	University of California, Berkeley ⓘ Yahi ⓘ
broaderCategory	Yuman language family ⓘ surface form: Yuman–Yukian peoples (linguistic classification context)
causeOfDecline	disease ⓘ displacement from traditional lands ⓘ settler violence ⓘ
culturalDocumentation	recorded by anthropologists in early 20th century ⓘ
culturalPractice	stone tool technology ⓘ use of bows and arrows ⓘ
culturalRegion	California cultural area ⓘ
dateDiscovered	1911 ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf	Northern California ⓘ surface form: northern California
ethnicity	Yahi ⓘ
historicalStatus	considered culturally extinct as a distinct group after early 20th century ⓘ
knownAs	last known Yahi ⓘ
knownFor	being among the last surviving small Native communities in northern California ⓘ story of Ishi as last known Yahi ⓘ
languageFamily	Yana language ⓘ
livedAt	Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology ⓘ surface form: University of California Museum of Anthropology
locatedIn	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
neighboringGroup	Maidu people ⓘ Wintu people ⓘ Central Yana ⓘ surface form: Yana (Central Yana) Northern Yana ⓘ surface form: Yana (Northern Yana) Southern Yana ⓘ surface form: Yana (Southern Yana)
notableMember	Ishi ⓘ
partOf	Indigenous peoples of California ⓘ
placeDiscovered	City of Oroville, California ⓘ surface form: Oroville, California
populationTrend	severely declined in the 19th century ⓘ
spokeLanguage	Yahi dialect of Yana ⓘ
studiedBy	Alfred L. Kroeber ⓘ T. T. Waterman ⓘ
subgroupOf	Yana people NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditionalHousing	semi-subterranean houses ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence	fishing ⓘ gathering wild plant foods ⓘ hunting ⓘ
traditionalTerritory	Deer Creek area ⓘ eastern Tehama County, California ⓘ southern part of Yana territory ⓘ upper Mill Creek area ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yana language → usedBy → Yahi subgroup of Yana people ⓘ