Penutian

DEFINITIONS OF: Penutian

Types:: show 14 types...; hide 14 types...; Copehan
a group of Penutian languages spoken to the west of the Sacramento river; Costanoan
a Penutian language spoken by the Costanoan; Mariposan, Yokuts
a Penutian language spoken by the Yokuts in the San Joaquin Valley; Miwok, Moquelumnan
a Penutian language spoken by the Miwok; Maidu, Pujunan
a Penutian language spoken by the Maidu; Chinook, Chinookan
a Penutian language spoken by the Chinook; Kalapooian, Kalapuyan
a Penutian language spoken by the Kalapuya; Kusan
a Penutian language spoken by the Kusan; Sahaptin, Shahaptian
a Penutian language spoken by the Shahaptian; Takelma, Takilman
a Penutian language spoken by the Takelma; Tsimshian
a Penutian language spoken by the Tsimshian; Patwin
a Copehan language spoken by the Patwin; Wintun
a Copehan language spoken by the Wintun; Nez Perce
the Shahaptian language spoken by the Nez Perce

Type of:: American Indian, American-Indian language, Amerind, Amerindian language, Indian
any of the languages spoken by Amerindians

Examples:: Chief Joseph
leader of the Nez Perce in their retreat from United States troops (1840-1904)

Types:: show 13 types...; hide 13 types...; Chinook
a member of an important North American Indian people who controlled the mouth of the Columbia river; they were organized into settlements rather than tribes; Costanoan
a member of a North American Indian people living in coastal California between Monterey and San Francisco Bay; Calapooya, Calapuya, Kalapooia, Kalapuya
a member of the North American Indian people of Oregon; Kusan
a member of the North American Indian people of Oregon; Maidu
a member of a North American Indian people living east of the Sacramento river in California; Miwok
a member of the North American Indian people living in the central Sierra Nevada in California; Patwin
a member of the North American Indian people living in the Sacramento valley in California; Sahaptin, Sahaptino, Shahaptian
a member of a North American Indian people who lived in Oregon along the Columbia river and its tributaries in Washington and northern Idaho; Takelma
a member of a North American Indian people of southwestern Oregon; Tsimshian
a member of a Penutian people who lived on rivers and a sound in British Columbia; Wintun
a member of a North American Indian people living in the Sacramento valley in California; Yokuts
a member of the North American Indian people of the San Joaquin Valley; Nez Perce
a member of a tribe of the Shahaptian people living on the pacific coast

Type of:: American Indian, Indian, Red Indian
a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived

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