Wintun
[ win-toon, win-toon ]
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Derivation: From the Wintun word yuki, meaning stranger; secondarily, bad or thieving.
Indian Linguistic Families Of America, North Of Mexico | John Wesley PowellIt is clear that the mythology of the Maidu is distinctive and much less under Wintun influence than their ceremonies.
The Religion of the Indians of California | A. L. KroeberThe Wintun occupy a territory which is of much greater extent from north to south than from east to west.
The Religion of the Indians of California | A. L. KroeberIn the south, where everything shows the Wintun and Pomo to have influenced each other considerably, he is replaced by Coyote.
The Religion of the Indians of California | A. L. KroeberNone of the groups so far discussed, with the possible exception of part of the Wintun, practiced any distinct mourning ceremony.
The Religion of the Indians of California | A. L. Kroeber
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