Shasta

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Shasta are a Native American people traditionally inhabiting areas of northern California and southern Oregon, known for their distinct language and cultural practices tied to the Klamath and Shasta river regions.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Shasta canonical 8
Konomihu Shasta 1
Oregon Shasta 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American people
indigenous people of North America
affectedBy California Gold Rush
U.S. Indian removal policies
associatedPlace Mount Shasta region
associatedRiver Klamath River NERFINISHED
Shasta River
ceremonialLife dance rituals
world renewal ceremonies
continent North America
country United States of America
culturalRegion California cultural area
Northwest California cultural area
surface form: Northwest Coast–California transition zone
currentStatus federally unrecognized as a distinct tribe in the United States
ethnicGroupOf United States of America
surface form: United States
hasCulturalPractice acorn processing
salmon fishing
shamanism
sweat house ceremonies
language Shasta language
languageFamily Hokan languages
surface form: Hokan language family

Shastan languages
materialCulture basketry
canoes
obsidian tools
neighboringGroup Achomawi people
surface form: Achomawi

Karuk people
surface form: Karuk

Klamath people NERFINISHED
Modoc
Yurok ONNED1
populationTrend decline after European-American contact
region Klamath Mountains
religion Christianity
traditional Native American religion
subsistence fishing
gathering wild plants
hunting
traditionalHousing semi-subterranean houses
sweat houses
traditionalTerritory Klamath Basin
surface form: Klamath River region

Shasta Valley
surface form: Shasta River region

Northern California
surface form: northern California

southern Oregon
treatyHistory subject to 19th-century U.S. treaties and land cessions
usesResource acorns
deer
obsidian
salmon

Referenced by (11)

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

Karok neighboringPeople Shasta
Roland B. Dixon notableWork Shasta
this entity surface form: The Shasta
Sasti hasAlternateName Shasta
Scott Valley Shasta hasDialectRelation Shasta
this entity surface form: Konomihu Shasta
Scott Valley Shasta hasDialectRelation Shasta
this entity surface form: Oregon Shasta