Information About

Patwin




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)

  • CopĂ©h (living near Putah Creek)



VILLAGES



LANGUAGE


The Patwin spoke a Wintuan language.


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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.