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
Newsom touted the effort in his 2024 salmon strategy, which featured a smiling photograph of Winnemem Wintu Chief and spiritual leader Caleen Sisk next to Chuck Bonham, then-director of the Department of Fish and Wildlife.
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
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 ● Oct. 19, 2023
The myths from one to nine inclusive are Wintu, from ten to the end Yana.
From Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind by Jeremiah Curtin
There were three great feathers among the Wintus, transformations of three great persons among the first people.
From Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind by Jeremiah Curtin
In San Francisco I wrote the following short account of the Wintus.
From Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind by Jeremiah Curtin
He gave them the names which they have now, the names by which we Wintus call them.
From Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind by Jeremiah Curtin
All Wintus went barefoot in old times, and this tuft could be seen, if a person had sense enough left to look for it.
From Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind by Jeremiah Curtin
It may be of interest to readers of these myth tales to know something of the present condition of the 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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