Maidu
Americannoun
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Maidus,
plural
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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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The Maidu want Tásmam Koyóm to be a showcase for traditional ecological knowledge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2025
The Mountain Maidu saw their Greenville Rancheria office and health facilities destroyed and the landscape severely damaged when the Dixie fire tore through the heart of their homelands the following year.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2023
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
The large number may have been necessitated by the possibility of meeting hostile Miwok or Maidu.
From Washo Religion by James F. Downs
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