Wintu of Whiskeytown

National Park Service & Whiskeytown National Recreation Area

    First, questions!

    1. Have you been to Whiskeytown before?
    2. What do you know about Native Americans today?
    3. Do you know who the Wintu are?

The Wintu are a group of indigenous people who have lived right here in Whiskeytown, where you live in Shasta County, even where you go to school for thousands of years!

Winnemem Wintu tribe members preparing for a coming of age ceremony in 2010.

Historical photo of Wintu members from the Wintu Cultural Resource Center and Museum.

There are nine regions of Northern Wintun: Nomti-pom, Wenemem, Dawpom, Elpom, λ’abal-pom (pronounced like l’abal-pom), Nomsu’s, Dawnom, and Norelmaq. Today we are focusing on those who resided within the present day Whiskeytown National Recreation Area boundaries.

    1. Ethnobotany: the scientific study of the traditional knowledge and customs of a people concerning plants and their medical, religious, and other uses.

    

Yerba Santa / Mountain Balm

Christmas Berry

California Mugwort

How Fire Can Restore a Forest: A Time-Lapse (Ground View)

Winnemem Wintu tribe members preparing for a coming of age ceremony in 2010.

Historical photo of Wintu members from the Wintu Cultural Resource Center and Museum.

Yerba Santa / Mountain Balm

Christmas Berry

California Mugwort