Maidu
Americannoun
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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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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
She would also like to see a Maidu Institute of Ecology built in Plumas County, with different learning campuses where Maidu people can pass on knowledge about their concepts of existence and relationship with nature.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2022
Possibilities include a park with interpretative panels in Maidu, street signs in Maidu or buildings decorated with cultural designs, Cunningham said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2022
For the Mountain Maidu people, it was exceptionally painful to watch the fire take out the heart of their ancestral territory.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2022
Moreover, the northern tribes, the Wintun and Maidu, are physiographically clearly segregated from the southern by the northern extension of San Francisco Bay and the delta of the rivers.
From The Aboriginal Population of the San Joaquin Valley, California by Cook, Sherburne F.
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