Tribal Groups and Corresponding California Counties
The following is a list of designations of northern and central California
Indians and the counties in which they have historically resided. Areas outside
of California state boundaries are not included.
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- Achomawi
- Lassen; Modoc; Shasta; Siskiyou
- Athapaskan
- Del Norte; Humboldt; Mendocino; Trinity
- Atsugewi
- Lassen; Shasta
- Bay Miwok
- Contra Costa; Sacramento; Solano
- Chilula
- Humboldt
- Chimariko
- Humboldt; Trinity
- Coast Miwok
- Marin; Sonoma
- Huchnom
- Lake; Mendocino
- Hupa
- Humboldt; Trinity
- Karuk
- Humboldt; Siskiyou
- Kato
- Mendocino
- Klamath
- Del Norte; Humboldt; Lassen; Modoc; Shasta; Siskiyou; Trinity
- Konkow
- Butte; Glenn; Nevada; Plumas; Sierra; Tehama; Yuba
- Lake Miwok
- Lake; Napa
- Lassik
- Humboldt; Trinity
- Maidu
- Butte; Glenn; Lassen; Plumas; Sierra; Tehama; Yuba
- Mattole
- Humboldt
- Modoc
- Modoc; Siskiyou
- Mono
- Fresno; Madera; Mariposa; Tulare
- Nisenan
- Amador; Butte; El Dorado; Nevada; Placer; Plumas; Sacramento; Sierra; Sutter; Yuba
- Nomlaki
- Glenn; Shasta; Tehama
- Nongatl
- Humboldt; Trinity
- Northern Paiute
- Alpine; Inyo; Lassen; Modoc; Mono
- Owens Valley Paiute
- Inyo; Mono
- Patwin
- Butte; Colusa; Glenn; Lake; Napa; Solano; Sonoma; Sutter; Yolo
- Plains Miwok
- Amador; Calaveras; Contra Costa; El Dorado; Sacramento; San Joaquin; Solano
- Pomo/Kashaya Pomo
- Lake; Mendocino; Sonoma
- Shasta
- Shasta; Siskiyou; Trinity
- Shoshone
- Inyo; Kern
- Sierra Miwok
- Alpine; Amador; Calaveras; El Dorado; Madera; Mariposa; Merced; San Joaquin; Stanislaus; Tuolumne
- Sinkyone
- Humboldt; Mendocino
- Tolowa
- Del Norte
- Wailaki
- Humboldt; Mendocino; Trinity
- Wappo
- Lake; Napa; Sonoma
- Washo
- Alpine; Amador; El Dorado; Lassen; Nevada; Placer; Plumas; Sierra
- Whilkut
- Humboldt
- Wintu
- Shasta; Siskiyou; Tehama; Trinity
- Wiyot
- Humboldt
- Yahi/Yana
- Butte; Plumas; Shasta; Tehama
- Yokuts
- Alameda; Calaveras; Contra Costa; Fresno; Kern; Kings; Madera; Mariposa; Merced; Monterey; San Benito; San Joaquin; San Luis Obispo; Santa Clara; Stanislaus; Tulare
- Yuki
- Colusa; Lake; Mendocino; Tehama; Trinity
- Yurok
- Del Norte
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