Patwin
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The Patwin (also Patween, Southern Wintu) are a Wintun people native to the area in Northern California.
The Patwin were bordered by the Yuki in the northwest; the Nomlaki (Wintun) in the north; the Konkow (Maiduan) in northeast; the Nisenan (Maiduan) and Miwok in the east; the Coast Miwok in the southwest; and the Wappo, Lake Miwok, and Pomo in the west.
Patwin groups
- Kabalmem
- Cache Creek
- Cortina
- Tebti (Hill Patwin)
- Colusa & Grimes (River Patwin)
- Copéh (living near Putah Creek)
Villages
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Language
The Patwin spoke a Wintuan language.
See also
External links
- [Native Tribes, Groups, Language Families and Dialects of California in 1770](map after Kroeber)
Bibliography
- Johnson, Patti J. (1978). Patwin. In R. F. Heizer (Ed.), California (pp. 350-360). Handbook of North American Indians (Vol. 8) (Sturtevant, W. C., Gen. Ed.). Washington, D. C.: Smithsonian Institution.
- Mithun, Marianne. (1999). The languages of Native North America. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-23228-7 (hbk); ISBN 0-521-29875-X.
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