Maidu
Americannoun
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Maidus,
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Maidu
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a member of a tribe of North American Indians of northeastern California.
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the Penutian language of the Maidu.
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“Bringing the beaver back,” said Lorena Gorbert, a spokesperson for the Maidu Consortium, “was bringing back more balance to the area, putting it back … the way it should be.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2025
The Maidu want Tásmam Koyóm to be a showcase for traditional ecological knowledge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2025
That kicked off in the fall with the reintroduction of a family of seven beavers into Tásmam Koyóm, a meadow on the ancestral land of the Mountain Maidu in Plumas County.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2024
Clyde Prout III is chairman of Colfax-Todds Valley Consolidated Tribe, which is comprised of Maidu and Miwok peoples, also known as Nisenan, and has 333 enrolled members.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 29, 2022
A typical form of the mourning ceremony is found among the Maidu, who call it östu.
From The Religion of the Indians of California by A. L. Kroeber
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