Wintun

[ win-toon, win-toon ]

noun

1. Also called Copehan. a small family of North American Indian languages of Penutian stock spoken in northern California and including Wintu and Patwin.
2. Wintu.

Example Sentences

The Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation and the Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians hail from neighboring lands that stretch from the vineyards of wine country to the redwood forests of Northern California.

From Los Angeles Times

The newly renamed ridgeline has been significant to tribal nations such as the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation for thousands of years.

From Seattle Times

It killed a former chair of the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation in California who spent decades fighting to preserve Native arts and culture.

From Seattle Times

Moreover, the northern tribes, the Wintun and Maidu, are physiographically clearly segregated from the southern by the northern extension of San Francisco Bay and the delta of the rivers.

From Project Gutenberg

Probably a typical example of these dances is furnished by the Maidu of the Sacramento valley, who declare that their ceremonies were obtained from their neighbors, the Wintun.

From Project Gutenberg