Hill Nisenan

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Hill Nisenan are a subgroup of the Nisenan people, an Indigenous Maidu-speaking community traditionally inhabiting the Sierra Nevada foothills of Northern California.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
subgroup of the Nisenan people
affectedBy California Gold Rush NERFINISHED
U.S. westward expansion
country United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalArea California cultural area
currentEffort cultural revitalization
language revitalization
ethnicGroupOf Northern California NERFINISHED
hasAutonymLanguage Nisenan NERFINISHED
hasEthnonym Hill Nisenan NERFINISHED
hasOralTradition myths and stories tied to Sierra Nevada landscape
historicalLanguageStatus endangered
indigenousTo California NERFINISHED
Sierra Nevada foothills of Northern California
languageFamily Maiduan languages NERFINISHED
largerLinguisticFamily Maidu
locatedIn Northern California
Sierra Nevada foothills NERFINISHED
partOf California Native American tribes NERFINISHED
Maidu-speaking communities
regionType foothill
relatedGroup Maidu NERFINISHED
Valley Nisenan NERFINISHED
sharesCeremoniesWith other Nisenan groups
sharesCultureWith Nisenan people NERFINISHED
sharesLanguageWith Nisenan people NERFINISHED
sharesTerritoryWith other Maidu-speaking groups
subgroupOf Nisenan people NERFINISHED
traditionalCraft basketry
traditionalEconomy seasonal round of resource use
traditionalHousing conical bark houses
semi-subterranean earth lodges
traditionalLanguage Nisenan language NERFINISHED
traditionalRegion American River watershed NERFINISHED
Bear River watershed NERFINISHED
Sierra Nevada foothills NERFINISHED
Yuba River watershed NERFINISHED
traditionalReligion Native Californian spiritual traditions
traditionalSubsistence acorn gathering
fishing
hunting
plant foraging
usesResource foothill game animals
oak woodlands
riverine fisheries

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Nisenan neighboringGroup Hill Nisenan