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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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
But there are others, many of them Maidu people, who couldn’t afford to leave if they wanted to.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2022
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
“They knew when to burn and where to burn and how to burn,” said Allen Lowry, vice chair of the Maidu Summit Consortium.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 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 Kroeber, A. L.
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