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- The Nisenan are a group of Native Americans and an Indigenous people of California from the Yuba River and American River watersheds in Northern California...
- Nisenan (or alternatively, Neeshenam, Nishinam, Pujuni, or Wapumni) is a nearly[citation needed] extinct Maiduan language spoken by the Nisenan people...
- Sutter Buttes (Maidu: Histum Yani or Esto Yamani, Wintun: Olonai-Tol, Nisenan: Estom Yanim) are a small circular complex of eroded volcanic lava domes...
- California. Before the arrival of the Spanish, the area was inhabited by the Nisenan, Maidu, and other indigenous peoples of California. In 1808, Spanish cavalryman...
- 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 Rancheria was the federally recognized land and name of the Nisenan Native American people in Northern California. The Rancheria land was obtained...
- Coloma (Nisenan: Cullumah, meaning "beautiful") is a census-designated place in El Dorado County, California, United States. It is approximately 36 miles...
- Pueblos Western Keres Acoma Pueblo Laguna Pueblo Maiduan Konkow Chico Maidu Nisenan Muskogean Alabama Chickasaw Choctaw Koasati Mikasuki Muscogee Apalachee...
- Wappo; Penutian Family: Modok, Wintu, Nomlaki, Konkow, Maidu, Patwin, Nisenan, Miwok, Coast Miwok, Lake Miwok, Ohlone, Northern Valley Yokuts, Southern...
- (also known as Valley Maidu) Konkow (also known as Northwestern Maidu) Nisenan † (also known as Southern Maidu) The languages have similar sound systems...