Wintu
Americannoun
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a member of an American Indian people of the Sacramento River valley in California.
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the Wintun language of the Wintu.
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The coalition includes fishing groups, environmental organizations and Northern California’s Winnemem Wintu Tribe.
From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026
The Winnemem Wintu Tribe hopes these salmon, exported more than a century ago, will revive the genetic diversity of the few remaining endangered salmon in the Sacramento River.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026
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 • Mar. 31, 2024
Historians and ethnographers say the Wintu were the predominant tribe around the site proposed for the casino complex, an expanse of meadow and scrubland that locals dub the Strawberry Fields because of its agricultural history.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2023
The Wintu is different from many others in its methods and details, but the result is the same in all cases.
From Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind by Curtin, Jeremiah
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