Maidu
Americannoun
plural
Maidus,plural
Maidu-
a member of a tribe of North American Indians of northeastern California.
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the Penutian language of the Maidu.
Example Sentences
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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 people took refuge there for thousands of years during periods when the Sacramento Valley flooded.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 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
Today, as Greenville rebuilds, Cunningham sees an opportunity for the Maidu to cast aside the feeling that they are refugees in their own homeland.
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2022
This initiation of doctors is found among the Northwestern tribes and in the Central region among the Maidu and Wintun and probably other groups.
From The Religion of the Indians of California by Kroeber, A. L.
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