Nisenan (or alternatively, Neeshenam, Nishinam, Pujuni, or Wapumni) is a nearly[citation needed] extinct Maiduan language spoken by the Nisenan people...

distinct geographic territory and their own ancient and unique language." The Nisenan have been delineated by their geographical location, and so in many...

northeastern Central California. The three subcategories of Maidu are: The Nisenan or Southern Maidu occupied the whole of the American, Bear, and Yuba River...

Nevada City (originally, Ustumah, a Nisenan village; later, Nevada, Deer Creek Dry Diggins, and Caldwell's Upper Store) is the county seat of Nevada County...

is the home of a diverse array of fish and wildlife. The Maidu, Miwok, Nisenan, and Wintun peoples have inhabited the American River area near present-day...

of time". Further inland, the Nisenan of the Sacramento Valley call it Sukkú Jaman, "dog mountain"; because, as Nisenan elder Dalbert Castro once explained...

They spoke closely related languages, including the living Maidu, Konkow and Nisenan languages, along with the Chico language and other extinct variations...

to two-spirit individuals as ʔóš·apu (pronounced [ˈʔoʃːapu]), and the Nisenan refer to them as ʔosa·pu (pronounced [ʔoˈsaːpu]). Both would marry men...

The United States does not have an official language at the federal level, but the most commonly used language is English (specifically, American English)...

90500) is located in El Dorado County, California. It lies in the heart of Nisenan or southern Maidu territory Nearby communities are Shingle Springs and...

Maidu) Konkow (also known as Northwestern Maidu) Nisenan † (also known as Southern Maidu) The languages have similar sound systems but differ significantly...

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languages and ethnography. Rather than completing his doctorate at the Universities of Leipzig and Berlin, Harrington became a high-school language teacher...

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