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Wintun

American  
[win-toon, win-toon] / wɪnˈtun, ˈwɪn tun /

noun

  1. Also called Copehan. a small family of North American Indian languages of Penutian stock spoken in northern California and including Wintu and Patwin.

  2. Wintu.


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The Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation and the Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians hail from neighboring lands that stretch from the vineyards of wine country to the redwood forests of Northern California.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2024

The newly renamed ridgeline has been significant to tribal nations such as the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation for thousands of years.

From Seattle Times ● May 2, 2024

Nielsen also acknowledges accepting Sacramento Kings basketball tickets from the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation that were brokered through an intermediary.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 10, 2015

Another small tribe, the 60-member Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, has used profits from its Cache Creek casino to buy land and diversify into agriculture.

From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2012

The latter is Costanoan: the former could not be Wintun.

From The Aboriginal Population of Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, California by Sherburne Friend Cook

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