Mountain Nisenan
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Mountain Nisenan are an Indigenous Nisenan subgroup traditionally inhabiting the Sierra Nevada foothills of Northern California, with their own distinct dialect and cultural practices.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mountain Nisenan canonical | 1 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indigenous people
ⓘ
Nisenan subgroup ⓘ |
| colonialPower |
Mexico
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contemporaryIssue |
cultural revitalization
ⓘ
land rights ⓘ language preservation ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalRegion | California cultural area ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupOf | Northern California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDistinct |
cultural practices
ⓘ
dialect ⓘ |
| historicalEvent |
dispossession of traditional lands during the 19th century
ⓘ
population decline after European-American contact ⓘ |
| historicalImpact | affected by the California Gold Rush ⓘ |
| language | Mountain Nisenan dialect ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Maiduan branch of the Penutian language phylum
ⓘ
Maiduan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Nisenan language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
California Indigenous peoples
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Native American peoples of the Sierra Nevada ⓘ |
| region | Northern California ⓘ |
| relatedGroup |
Foothill Nisenan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Konkow NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Maidu NERFINISHED ⓘ Valley Nisenan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
|
| subgroupOf | Nisenan people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionalCraft |
basketry
ⓘ
stone tool production ⓘ |
| traditionalHousing |
semi-subterranean structures
ⓘ
wood and bark dwellings ⓘ |
| traditionalReligion | Native Californian spiritual traditions ⓘ |
| traditionalSubsistence |
acorn processing
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ gathering ⓘ hunting ⓘ |
| traditionalTerritory |
Northern Sierra Nevada foothills
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sierra Nevada foothills NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.