Wintu

American  

[win-too, win-too] / wɪnˈtu, ˈwɪn tu /

noun

plural

Wintus,

plural

Wintu

1. a member of an American Indian people of the Sacramento River valley in California.

2. the Wintun language of the Wintu.

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Example Sentences

The efforts include restoring wetlands to create more habitat along the Sacramento River, and cooperating with the Winnemem Wintu Tribe to reintroduce salmon upstream of Shasta Dam.

From Los Angeles Times

The Winnemem Wintu Tribe has signed agreements with California and the U.S. government to work together on efforts to restore salmon upstream from Shasta Dam.

From Los Angeles Times

In 1939, the Wintu, Pit River, Yana and other Indigenous peoples formed a rancheria government.

From Los Angeles Times

Oral histories of the Wintu and neighboring tribes recall how native families and elders had gathered along the river known as the Big Water each year in early April for the spring salmon run.

From Los Angeles Times

The Sacramento River provided such an abundance of food that the Wintu and many neighboring tribes — the Pit River, Yana, Nomlaki and others — had little to fight over.

From Los Angeles Times