Wukchumni
The Wukchumni (English: /wʌkˈtʃʌmni/) are a Yokuts tribe of California with about 200 members, residing on the Tule River Reservation. 3000 years ago, they broke off from the main Yokuts group and settled in the region of the east fork of the Kaweah River.[1]
History
Approximately 3000 years ago, the Wukchumni permanently settled in the East Fork
Population
It was estimated before European contact the Yokut population reached 50,000, but today, there are less than 200 self-identified Wukchumni people alive. Some members of the Tule River Reservation are of Wukchumni heritage; however, majority of Wukchumni descendants are not federally recognized. One of the most famous members of today's Wukchumni society was Marie Wilcox, the author of the Wukchumni dictionary, and the last native speaker of the language.
Language
The Wukchumni spoke traditionally a dialect of the
References
- ^ "History of the Living History Community". The Preservation of Mineral King. 18 March 2010. Retrieved 1 Oct 2020.
- ^ "History of the Living History Community". mineralking.org.
- ^ ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-10-10.
- ^ New York Times, 19 Aug 2014.
- ^ "Tulare County Nüümü Yadoha Program". ovcdc.com. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
- ^ "Meet the last speaker of a dying language". 2017-02-08. Archived from the original on August 29, 2017. Retrieved 2017-09-02.
- ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2021-10-10.
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