Wintu
Americannoun
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Wintus,
plural
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Wintu
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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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Jeffres said it’s difficult to see the rug pulled out from under the Winnemem Wintu Tribe once again.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2026
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 ● 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
To the native Wintu people it was Bohem Puyuik, the “Big Rise,” and no wonder.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2023
The Wintu system is remarkable for the peculiar development of the chief divinity, Olelbis, called also Nomhliëstawa.
From Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind by Jeremiah Curtin
The Wintus believe Wokwuk to be the greatest source of power and wealth.
From Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind by Jeremiah Curtin
At present there are not more than 500 Wintus in existence.
From Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind by Jeremiah Curtin
Kaltsauna, the owner of flint, is like Katkatchila of the Wintus; he is transformed later into a lizard.
From Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind by Jeremiah Curtin
The regular acknowledged lightning of the Wintus is called Walokit, who is a child of Wima Loimis, grizzly bear maiden, and the sun.
From Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind by Jeremiah Curtin
Olelbis occupies the first place in the estimation of Wintus.
From Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind by Jeremiah Curtin
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