The Maidu are a Native American people of northern California. They reside in the central Sierra Nevada, in the watershed area of the Feather and American Rivers and in Humbug Valley. In …

Nov 20, 2012 · The Maidu Tribe Summary and Definition: The Maidu tribe were a California tribe of Native American Indians who were hunter-gatherers and fishers. The Maidu tribe inhabited …

The Maidu also gathered the nuts of the sugar pine and yellow pine, which they ate plain or cooked into a soup. Fish were sometimes caught in nets, and sometimes speared. The nets …

They used the tules of the marshes to build huts, skirts, and mats and stored dried fish, fowl, and deer meat, acorns, roots, and grasses to sustain themselves and to use as trade. A silvery …

Just 200 years ago, at least 80 different languages were spoken in California, making the state the most diverse area of languages of its size. The list below provides plant names in Nisenan …

Information about the Maidu Indians for students and teachers. Covers Maidu houses, food, weapons, tools, canoes, and customs.

The Nisenan have been called the Southern Maidu and Valley Maidu. While the term Maidu is still used widely, Maidu is an over-simplification of a very complex division of smaller groups or …

MAIDU OBJECTIVES: 1. The Maidu were Native Americans that lived in the foothill area. 2. The Maidu acquired their basic needs directly from the foothill environment or by trading. 3. The …

The Maidu men caught salmon, trout and the lamprey and hunted deer, elk, bear, geese, ducks, and quail all year. They especially prized bear hides, and made them into robes to be worn …