Yokuts
Americannoun
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Yokuts
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a member of a North American Indian group of small tribes speaking related dialects and occupying the San Joaquin Valley of California and the adjoining eastern foothill regions. Nearly all the Valley Yokuts are extinct; some foothill groups remain.
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a Penutian family of languages spoken by the Yokuts.
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The measure does not specifically address Yokuts Valley — and some people in the county argue the town’s name never changed because the federal government had no right to intervene.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2024
Two other newly named places are the California Central Valley communities of Loybas Hill, which translates to “Young Lady,” proposed by the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians; and Yokuts Valley.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 12, 2023
Dominguez is a leader of the Yowlumne Yokuts tribe, and her ancestors lived along the Kern River and its tributaries centuries ago.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2021
The Wukchumni are one of the numerous tribes under the larger umbrella of the Yokuts, Indigenous people in the central San Joaquin Valley.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 8, 2021
Kroeber's account, which accompanies his discussion of the Plains Miwok and northern Yokuts in the Handbook of California Indians, is manifestly incomplete.
From The Aboriginal Population of the San Joaquin Valley, California by Sherburne F. Cook
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