Tamyen people

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The Tamyen people are an Ohlone Native American group indigenous to the Santa Clara Valley region of California, traditionally speaking the Tamyen language and maintaining distinct cultural and spiritual practices tied to the local landscape.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American people
Ohlone people
associatedWithMission Mission Santa Clara de Asís NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
cultureArea California cultural area
ethnicGroupOf Santa Clara Valley NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Tamien people NERFINISHED
Tamyen Ohlone NERFINISHED
Thamien people NERFINISHED
historicallyAffectedBy Spanish colonization of California
mission system in Alta California
historicalPopulationCenter Santa Clara Valley NERFINISHED
indigenousTo California NERFINISHED
San Francisco Bay Area NERFINISHED
Santa Clara Valley NERFINISHED
languageFamily Ohlone languages NERFINISHED
Utian languages NERFINISHED
languageRevitalizationEfforts community-based programs
languageStatus moribund
partOf Ohlone NERFINISHED
presentIn Alameda County NERFINISHED
San Mateo County NERFINISHED
Santa Clara County NERFINISHED
region South Bay NERFINISHED
relatedEthnicGroup Awaswas people NERFINISHED
Chochenyo people NERFINISHED
Muwekma Ohlone NERFINISHED
Ramaytush people NERFINISHED
Rumsen people NERFINISHED
spiritualPracticesTiedTo local landscape
oak woodlands
watersheds
state California, United States
surface form: California
subgroupOf Ohlone NERFINISHED
subjectTo forced missionization
population decline after European contact
traditionalFood acorns
seeds
shellfish
traditionalHousing thatched tule structures
traditionalLanguage Tamyen language NERFINISHED
traditionalReligion Ohlone traditional religion
traditionalSubsistence fishing
gathering
hunting
traditionalTerritoryIncludes Coyote Creek watershed NERFINISHED
Guadalupe River watershed NERFINISHED
present-day San Jose, California
southern San Francisco Bay shoreline

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Tamyen ethnicGroup Tamyen people
Tamyen language ethnicGroup Tamyen people
Tamyen language namedAfter Tamyen people