The Modoc Plateau lies in the northeast corner of California as well as parts of Oregon and Nevada. Nearly 1,000,000 acres (400,000 ha) of the Modoc National...
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of the Plateau Penutian language family. Both peoples called themselves maklaks, meaning "people". To distinguish between the tribes, the Modoc called...
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Modoc County (/ˈmoʊdɒk/ ) is a county located in the far northeast corner of the U.S. state of California. Its population is 8,700 as of the 2020 census...
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Geography of California (section Modoc Plateau)
Nine percent of the plateau is protected as reserves or wilderness areas, such as the Modoc National Wildlife Refuge. The plateau supports large herds...
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Modoc National Forest is a 1,654,392-acre (6,695 km2) U.S. national forest in Northeastern California. The Modoc National Forest protects parts of Modoc...
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The Modoc War, or the Modoc Campaign (also known as the Lava Beds War), was an armed conflict between the Native American Modoc people and the United...
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Look up Modoc in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Modoc may refer to: Modoc people, a Native American/First Nations people Modoc language Modoc Nation...
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of California, Oregon, and Nevada state lines. The valley is east of the Modoc County seat of Alturas. The area is part of the Great Basin which extends...
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year round. The rugged terrain of the Modoc Plateau played an important role in the Modoc War. In 1873, 53 Modoc men held off 650 US troops, killing 70...
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Klamath language (redirect from Modoc language)
Modoc dialects; however, as of 2019, revitalization efforts are underway with the goal of creating new speakers. Klamath is a member of the Plateau Penutian...
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interactions with livestock are most probable in the Cascade Range and Modoc Plateau regions. If wolves were to establish themselves in the Klamath Mountains...
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Historically, the Shasta Cascade region was home to Native Americans of the Modoc, Maidu, Okwanuchu, Paiute, Shasta, Wintu, and Yana tribes, and sub-groups...
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rare subtaxon, Lupinus latifolius var. barbatus, is endemic to the Modoc Plateau of northeastern California and adjacent territory in Oregon and Nevada...
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Mountains, and the Eastern Cascades Slopes and Foothills (occurring on the Modoc Plateau). The Sierra Nevada are home to half of the vascular plant species of...
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Basin Eastern Sierra Owens Valley Tricorner Region/Surprise Valley Modoc Plateau Warner Mountains North Coast Lost Coast Emerald Triangle Klamath Mountains...
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Klamath people (category Plateau Penutian languages)
direct south their Modoc kin (Mo'dokni maklaks - "Southern People, i.e. Tule Lake People") with whom they shared the Modoc Plateau, in the southwest were...
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Medicine Lake Volcano (category Modoc Plateau)
The Medicine Lake shield rises about 3,900 ft (1,200 m) above the Modoc Plateau to an elevation of 7,795 ft (2,376 m). Lavas from Medicine Lake Volcano...
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park begins the Sierra Nevada mountain range, and to the east lie the Modoc Plateau and then the Great Basin. All rock now exposed in the area of the park...
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Hesperocyparis bakeri (redirect from Modoc Cypress)
previously known Cupressus bakeri, with the common names Baker cypress, Modoc cypress, or Siskiyou cypress, is a rare species of western cypress tree...
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Goose Lake (Oregon–California) (category Modoc Plateau)
portion of the lake is in Lake County, Oregon, and the south portion is in Modoc County, California. The mountains at the north end of the lake are part...
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by Campbell (2024). Plateau Penutian is hypothesized to consist of four languages: Plateau Penutian Klamath (a.k.a. Klamath-Modoc, Lutuami, Lutuamian)...
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from north to south, the Klamath Mountains, the Cascade Range, the Modoc Plateau, the Basin and Range, the Coast Ranges, the Central Valley, the Sierra...
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Lava Beds National Monument (category Modoc Plateau)
National Monument is located in northeastern California, in Siskiyou and Modoc counties. The monument lies on the northeastern flank of Medicine Lake Volcano...
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Crepis modocensis (redirect from Modoc hawksbeard)
types of mountain and plateau habitat, including sagebrush. It typically prefers rocky soil. The species name is from the Modoc Plateau, in the northeast...
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and cinder cone Pelican Butte, a shield volcano Modoc Plateau, a volcanic field and volcanic plateau Diamond Craters, a volcanic field and shield volcano...
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U.S. Route 395 in California (category Modoc Plateau)
crosses the Modoc Plateau. While en route, the highway serves the towns of Ravendale, Termo, and Madeline in Lassen County, as well as Likely in Modoc County...
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Lost River (California) (category Modoc Plateau)
river, 60 miles (97 km) long, flows in an arc from Clear Lake Reservoir in Modoc County, California, through Klamath County, Oregon, to Tule Lake in Siskiyou...
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Alturas, California (redirect from Chimney Rock (Modoc County, California))
for "Heights"; Achumawi: Kasalektawi) is the only incorporated city in Modoc County, California of which it is also the county seat. Located in the Shasta...
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Warner Mountains (category Modoc Plateau)
from the northeastern corner of Lassen County, California, through eastern Modoc County, California (east of Alturas), and northward into Lake County, Oregon...
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Pit River (category Modoc Plateau)
source. The Pit River drains a sparsely populated volcanic highlands area in Modoc County's Warner Mountains, passing through the south end of the Cascade...
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