Achomawi basket-maker in 1923

The Achomawi (or Achumawi) were Native Americans who lived in northern California. They lived in the Pit River basin near Montgomery Creek in Shasta County to Goose Lake on the Oregon line. They were closely related to the Atsugewi. Achomawi basket-maker 1923 Source: WWNorton Copyright expired This image is in the public domain in the United States and possibly other jurisdictions. ... Achomawi basket-maker 1923 Source: WWNorton Copyright expired This image is in the public domain in the United States and possibly other jurisdictions. ... Native Americans are the indigenous peoples from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States, including parts of Alaska. ... Official language(s) English Capital  Sacramento Largest city  Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... The Pit River is a tributary of the Sacramento River, approximately 110 mi (176 km) long, in northeastern California in the United States. ... Shasta County is a county located in the northern portion of the U.S. state of California, in the Cascade Mountains. ... Goose Lake can refer to: Goose Lake in Alaska in the United States. ... Official language(s) None Capital Salem Largest city Portland Area  Ranked 9th  - Total 98,466 sq mi (255,026 km²)  - Width 260 miles (420 km)  - Length 360 miles (580 km)  - % water 2. ... The Atsugewi were native Americans residing in what is now northern California, in the vicinity of Mount Shasta. ...

The Achomawi spoke a Palaihnihan language. Palaihnihan (also Palaihnih) is a language family of northeastern California. ...

Like other Northern Californians, the Achomawi lived by hunting and gathering. They lived in small groups with no centralized political authority.

Population

Estimates for the pre-contact populations of most native groups in California have varied substantially. (See Population of Native California.) Alfred L. Kroeber (1925:883) estimated the combined 1770 population of the Achomawi and Atsugewi as 3,000. A more detailed analysis by Fred B. Kniffen (1928) arrived at the same figure. T. R. Garth (1978:237) estimated the Atsugewi population at a maximum of 850, which would leave at least 2,150 for the Achomawi. Native California Population, according to Cook 1978. ... Alfred Louis Kroeber Alfred Louis Kroeber (June 11, 1876–October 5, 1960) was one of the most influential figures in American anthropology in the first half of the twentieth century. ...

Kroeber estimated the combined population of the Achomawi and Astugewi in 1910 as 1,100. The population was given as about 500 in 1936.

See also

• Achumawi language
• Achomawi traditional narratives

Achumawi is a nearly extinct Hokan language spoken in northeastern California by perhaps ten speakers out of an estimated ethnic group of 1500. ... Achomawi traditional narratives include myths, legends, tales, and oral histories preserved by the Achomawi people of the Pit River basin of northeastern California. ...

External links

• Achumawi
• Achomawi - with many links
• Achomawi, Atsuwegi, & Shasta peoples
• Achumawi

References

• Garth, T. R. 1978. "Atsugewi". In California, edited by Robert F. Heizer, pp. 236-243. Handbook of North American Indians, William C. Sturtevant, general editor, vol. 8. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
• Kniffen, Fred B. 1928. "Achomawi Geography". University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 23:297-332.
• Kroeber, A. L. 1925. Handbook of the Indians of California. Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin No. 78. Washington, D.C.