Wintu of Whiskeytown
National Park Service & Whiskeytown National Recreation Area
- Have you been to Whiskeytown before?
- What do you know about Native Americans today?
- Do you know who the Wintu are?
First, questions!
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!
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Winnemem Wintu tribe members preparing for a coming of age ceremony in 2010.
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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.
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