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
State and federal agencies finalized the partnership the next year, naming the Winnemem Wintu Tribe as a “co-equal decision-maker” in agreements to work on restoring salmon to the McCloud River.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026
While representatives for the Paskenta and Northern Wintu tribes bashed the casino proposal at the August hearing, representatives of at least eight other California tribes argued in support of the Redding Rancheria.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2023
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
My younger sister, we came upon this earth at the same time, before the Wintu people.
From Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind by Curtin, Jeremiah
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