Yokuts

American  

[yoh-kuhts] / ˈyoʊ kʌts /

noun

plural

Yokuts

1. a member of a North American Indian group of small tribes speaking related dialects and occupying the San Joaquin Valley of California and the adjoining eastern foothill regions. Nearly all the Valley Yokuts are extinct; some foothill groups remain.

2. a Penutian family of languages spoken by the Yokuts.

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Example Sentences

The Cholbon tribelet of the Northern Valley Yokuts tribe originally inhabited the area now called Mountain House, according to the Mountain House Community Services District.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2024

Driven from their lands, the surviving Yokuts ended up living on reservations or marginal lands that had little value to white farmers.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 27, 2023

Two other newly named places are the California Central Valley communities of Loybas Hill, which translates to “Young Lady,” proposed by the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians; and Yokuts Valley.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 12, 2023

But unlike other Yokuts tribes that are recognized by the federal government, the Wukchumni don’t have federal status and lack resources for cultural preservation.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 8, 2021

Kroeber's account, which accompanies his discussion of the Plains Miwok and northern Yokuts in the Handbook of California Indians, is manifestly incomplete.

From The Aboriginal Population of the San Joaquin Valley, California by Cook, Sherburne F.