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Wintun (also Wintuan, Wintoon) is the name generally given to a group of related Native American tribes who lived in Northern California
Northern California

Northern California or Nor Cal is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital, Sacramento, California; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the Sequoia forests, the North Coast, California, the Big Sur coastline area, the Sierra Nevada including Yosem...
, including the Wintu
Wintu

The Wintu are Native Americans in the United States who live in what is now Northern California. They are part of a group of associated groups known collectively as Wintun ....
, Nomlaki
Nomlaki

The Nomlaki are a Wintun people native to the area of the Sacramento Valley extending westward to the Coast Range in Northern California.The Nomlaki were bordered by the Wintu in the north, the Yana people in the northeast and east, the Konkow in the east, the Patwin in the south, and the Yuki tribe in the west....
, Patwin
Patwin

The Patwin are a Wintun people native to the area of Northern California. The Patwin were a southern branch of the Wintun group and native inhabitants of California from 1,000 up to 4,000 years....
 and Southern Patwin tribes. Their range was from approximately present-day Lake Shasta to San Francisco Bay
San Francisco Bay

San Francisco Bay is a shallow, productive estuary through which water draining from approximately forty percent of California, flowing in the Sacramento River and San Joaquin River rivers from the Sierra Nevada mountains, enters the Pacific Ocean....
, along the western side of the Sacramento River
Sacramento River

The Sacramento River is the longest river entirely within the United States state of California. Starting at the confluence of the South Fork and Middle Fork Sacramento River, near Mount Shasta in the Cascade Range, the Sacramento flows south for , through the northern California Central Valley, between the Pacific Coast Range and the Sierr...
 to the Coast Range.






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Wintun (also Wintuan, Wintoon) is the name generally given to a group of related Native American tribes who lived in Northern California
Northern California

Northern California or Nor Cal is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital, Sacramento, California; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the Sequoia forests, the North Coast, California, the Big Sur coastline area, the Sierra Nevada including Yosem...
, including the Wintu
Wintu

The Wintu are Native Americans in the United States who live in what is now Northern California. They are part of a group of associated groups known collectively as Wintun ....
, Nomlaki
Nomlaki

The Nomlaki are a Wintun people native to the area of the Sacramento Valley extending westward to the Coast Range in Northern California.The Nomlaki were bordered by the Wintu in the north, the Yana people in the northeast and east, the Konkow in the east, the Patwin in the south, and the Yuki tribe in the west....
, Patwin
Patwin

The Patwin are a Wintun people native to the area of Northern California. The Patwin were a southern branch of the Wintun group and native inhabitants of California from 1,000 up to 4,000 years....
 and Southern Patwin tribes. Their range was from approximately present-day Lake Shasta to San Francisco Bay
San Francisco Bay

San Francisco Bay is a shallow, productive estuary through which water draining from approximately forty percent of California, flowing in the Sacramento River and San Joaquin River rivers from the Sierra Nevada mountains, enters the Pacific Ocean....
, along the western side of the Sacramento River
Sacramento River

The Sacramento River is the longest river entirely within the United States state of California. Starting at the confluence of the South Fork and Middle Fork Sacramento River, near Mount Shasta in the Cascade Range, the Sacramento flows south for , through the northern California Central Valley, between the Pacific Coast Range and the Sierr...
 to the Coast Range. Each of these tribes spoke one of the Wintuan languages
Wintuan languages

Wintuan is a language family of languages spoken in the Sacramento Valley of central Northern California.All Wintuan languages are severely endangered language....
.

See also


  • Wintu
    Wintu

    The Wintu are Native Americans in the United States who live in what is now Northern California. They are part of a group of associated groups known collectively as Wintun ....
  • Nomlaki
    Nomlaki

    The Nomlaki are a Wintun people native to the area of the Sacramento Valley extending westward to the Coast Range in Northern California.The Nomlaki were bordered by the Wintu in the north, the Yana people in the northeast and east, the Konkow in the east, the Patwin in the south, and the Yuki tribe in the west....
  • Wintuan languages
    Wintuan languages

    Wintuan is a language family of languages spoken in the Sacramento Valley of central Northern California.All Wintuan languages are severely endangered language....


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