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Over 50 villages and tribes of the Ohlone (also known as Costanoan) Native American people have been identified as existing in Northern California circa 1769 in the regions of the
San Francisco Peninsula The San Francisco Peninsula is a peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area that separates San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean. On its northern tip is the City and County of San Francisco. Its southern base is Mountain View, south of Palo Alt ...
,
Santa Clara Valley The Santa Clara Valley is a geologic trough in Northern California that extends 90 miles (145 km) south–southeast from San Francisco to Hollister. The longitudinal valley is bordered on the west by the Santa Cruz Mountains and on the east ...
,
East Bay The East Bay is the eastern region of the San Francisco Bay Area and includes cities along the eastern shores of the San Francisco Bay and San Pablo Bay. The region has grown to include inland communities in Alameda and Contra Costa counties ...
, Santa Cruz Mountains,
Monterey Bay Monterey Bay is a bay of the Pacific Ocean located on the coast of the U.S. state of California, south of the San Francisco Bay Area and its major city at the south of the bay, San Jose. San Francisco itself is further north along the coast, by ...
and
Salinas Valley The Salinas Valley is one of the major valleys and most productive agricultural regions in California. It is located west of the San Joaquin Valley and south of San Francisco Bay and the Santa Clara Valley. The Salinas River, which geologically ...
. The known tribe names and village locations of people who spoke the Costanoan languagesMilliken, 1995. are listed by regions below.


San Francisco Peninsula

''Languages spoken:
Ramaytush The Ramaytush or Rammay-tuš people are a linguistic subdivision of the Ohlone people of Northern California. The term Ramaytush was first applied to them in the 1970s, but the modern Ohlone people of the peninsula have claimed it as their ethn ...
,
Tamyen The Tamien people (also spelled as ''Tamyen'', ''Thamien'') are one of eight linguistic divisions of the Ohlone (Costanoan) people groups of Native Americans who lived in Northern California. The Tamien traditionally lived throughout the Santa ...
on southern border'' Tribes and villages of the
San Francisco Peninsula The San Francisco Peninsula is a peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area that separates San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean. On its northern tip is the City and County of San Francisco. Its southern base is Mountain View, south of Palo Alt ...
: # Ahwaste – the San Francisco Peninsul

# Chiguan – Pacific Coast of San Francisco Peninsula vicinity of
Half Moon Bay Half Moon Bay is a coastal city in San Mateo County, California, United States, approximately south of San Francisco. Its population was 11,795 as of the 2020 census. Immediately at the north of Half Moon Bay is Pillar Point Harbor and the un ...
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# Cotegen – Pacific Coast south of Half Moon Bay # Lamchin – present-day
San Mateo County San Mateo County ( ), officially the County of San Mateo, is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 764,442. Redwood City is the county seat, and the third most populated city following Daly ...
, Bay shore from Belmont south to
Redwood City Redwood City is a city on the San Francisco Peninsula in Northern California's Bay Area, approximately south of San Francisco, and northwest of San Jose. Redwood City's history spans its earliest inhabitation by the Ohlone people to being a po ...
and valleys to the west # Oljon – Pacific Coast on lower
San Gregorio Creek San Gregorio Creek (''Spanish for:'' Saint Gregory) is a river in San Mateo County, California. Its tributaries originate on the western ridges of the Santa Cruz Mountains whence it courses southwest through steep forested canyons. The San Greg ...
and
Pescadero Creek Pescadero Creek is a major stream in Santa Cruz and San Mateo counties in California, United States. At ,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed March 15, 2011 it is the longes ...
# Quiroste – Pacific Coast from Bean Hollow Creek to Ano Nuevo Creek # ''name unknown'' – At
Tunitas Creek Tunitas Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed March 15, 2011 stream in San Mateo County, California. ''Tunitas'' is Spanish for "little prickly pears". An all-w ...
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# Romonan – the San Francisco Peninsula # Ssalson (tribe) – along San Mateo Creek (San Francisco Bay Area), San Mateo Creek, in San Andreas Valley. Had 3 villages: #* Aleitac (village) – along San Mateo Creek in San Andreas Valley #* Altahmo (village; also spelled ''Altagmu'') – along San Mateo Creek in San Andreas Valley #* Uturbe (village) – along San Mateo Creek in San Andreas Valley # Pruristac – One mile from the Pacific Coast in San Pedro Valley, near
San Pedro Creek San Pedro Creek (Spanish for ''St. Peter'') is a perennial stream in the City of Pacifica, San Mateo County, California in the San Francisco Bay Area whose tributaries originate on Sweeney Ridge in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area and Mont ...
, present day Pacifica # Timigtac – half mile from Pacific Coast, on bank of
Calera Creek Calera Creek (Pacifica, California) is a stream in the Rockaway Beach and Vallemar neighborhoods of Pacifica, California. The creek is named for the limestone deposits and historical quarry located nearby. With headwaters in the Sweeney Ridge ...
, present-day Pacifica # Tulomo – the San Francisco Peninsul

# Urebure (also spelled ''Buriburi'

San Bruno Creek San Bruno Creek (Spanish for: "St. Brun") is an intermittent stream that rises on the eastern slopes of the Northern Santa Cruz Mountains in San Mateo County, California, USA. The headwaters descend a relatively steep canyon east of Skyline Boulev ...
south of San Bruno Mountain # Yelamu (tribe) – northern San Francisco Peninsula #* Amuctac (village) – near
Visitacion Valley Visitacion Valley (; Spanish: ''Valle de la Visitación''), colloquially referred to as Viz Valley, is a neighborhood located in the southeastern quadrant of San Francisco, California. Visitacion Valley is roughly defined by McLaren Park and Gle ...
in San Francisco #* Abmoctac (village) connected with Dolores Mission #* Acnagis (village) connected with Dolores Mission #* Acynm (village) connected with Dolores Mission #* Aleta (village) connected with Dolores Mission #* Aluenchi (village) connected with Dolores Mission #* Amutaja (village) connected with Dolores Mission #* Anamas (village) connected with Dolores Mission #* Anamon (village) connected with Dolores Mission #* Anchin (village) connected with Dolores Mission #* Aramay (village) connected with Dolores Mission #* Assunta (village) connected with Dolores Mission #* Atarpe (village) connected with Dolores Mission #* Cachanegtac (village) connected with Dolores Mission #* Caprnp (village) connected with Dolores Mission #* Carascan (village) connected with Dolores Mission #* Cazopo (village) connected with Dolores Mission #* Chagunte (village) connected with Dolores Mission #* Chanigtac (village) connected with Dolores Mission #* Chapngtac (village) connected with Dolores Mission #* Chayen (village) connected with Dolores Mission #* Chicntae (village) connected with Dolores Mission #* Chiguau (village) connected with Dolores Mission #* Chipisclin (village) connected with Dolores Mission #* Chipletac (village) connected with Dolores Mission #* Chiputca (village) connected with Dolores Mission #* Chuchictac (village) connected with Dolores Mission #* Churmutce (village) connected with Dolores Mission #* Chuscan (village) connected with Dolores Mission #* Chutchin (village) connected with Dolores Mission #* Chynau (village) connected with Dolores Mission #* Conop (village) connected with Dolores Mission #* Elarroyde (village) connected with Dolores Mission #* Flunmuda (village) connected with Dolores Mission #* Gamchines (village) connected with Dolores Mission #* Genau (village) connected with Dolores Mission #* Guanlen (village) connected with Dolores Mission #* Guloismistae (village) connected with Dolores Mission #* Halchis (village) connected with Dolores Mission #* Horocroc (village) connected with Dolores Mission #* Huimen (village) connected with Dolores Mission #* Hunctu (village) connected with Dolores Mission #* Itaes (village) connected with Dolores Mission #* Joquizara (village) connected with Dolores Mission #* Josquigard (village) connected with Dolores Mission #* Juniamuc (village) connected with Dolores Mission #* Juris (village) connected with Dolores Mission #* Lamsim (village) connected with Dolores Mission #* Libantone (village) connected with Dolores Mission #* Livangebra (village) connected with Dolores Mission #* Livangelva (village) connected with Dolores Mission #* Luianeglua (village) connected with Dolores Mission #* Luidneg (village) connected with Dolores Mission #* Macsinum (village) connected with Dolores Mission #* Malvaitac (village) connected with Dolores Mission #* Mitline (village) connected with Dolores Mission #* Muingpe (village) connected with Dolores Mission #* Naig (village) connected with Dolores mission #* Olemos. A former rancheria connected with Dolores #* Olestura rancheria connected with Dolores mission #* Olpen rancheria connected with Dolores mission #* Ompivromo (village) connected with Dolores mission #* Olmolosoc rancheria connected with Dolores mission #* Otoacte (village) connected with Dolores Mission #* Ousint (village) connected with Dolores mission #* Patnetac (village) connected with Dolores mission #* Pructaca (village)connected with Dolores mission #* Proqueu (village) connected with Dolores mission #* Purutea (village)connected with Dolores mission #* Puycone (village) connected with Dolores mission #* Sadaues rancheria connected with Dolores mission #* Sagunte (village) connected with Dolores mission #* Saraise (village) connected with Dolores mission #* Sarontac (village) connected with Dolores mission #* Satumuo rancheria connected with Dolores mission #* Saucon (village) connected with Dolores mission #* Sicca (village) connected with Dolores mission #* Sipanum (village) connected with Dolores mission #* Siscastac (village) connected to Dolores Mission #* Sitintajea rancheria connected with Dolores mission #* Sitlintaj rancheria connected with Dolores mission #* Ssalayme (village) connected with Dolores Mission #* Ssichitca (village) connected with Dolores Mission #* Ssiti (village) connected with Dolores Mission #* Ssogereate (village) connected with Dolores Mission #* Saupichum (village) connected with Dolores Mission #* Subchiam (village) connected with Dolores mission #* Suchigin (village) connected with Dolores mission #* Suchui (village) connected with Dolores mission #* Sunchaque (village) connected with Dolores mission #* Tatquinte (village) connected with Dolores mission #* Timsim (village) connected with Dolores mission #* Titiyu (village) connected with Dolores mission #* Torose (village) connected with Dolores mission #* Totola (village) connected with Dolores mission #* Tubisuste (village) connected with Dolores mission #* Tuca (village) connected with Dolores mission #* Tupuic (village) connected with Dolores mission #* Tupuinte (village) connected with Dolores mission #* Tuzsint (village) connected with Dolores mission #* Ussete (village) connected with Dolores mission #* Vagerpe (village) connected with Dolores mission #* Yacomui (village) connected with Dolores mission #* Zomiomi (village) connected with Dolores mission #* Zucigin (village) connected with Dolores mission #* Chutchui (village) – near the present day site of Mission Dolores in San Francisco. #* Uchium – a division of the Olamentke, and according to
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one of the most numerous connected with Dolores mission in 1816 #* Petlenuc (village) – near the Presidio of San Francisco #* Sitlintac (village) – near
Mission Creek Mission Creek (from Spanish: ''misión'') is a river in San Francisco, California. Once navigable from the Mission Bay inland to the vicinity of Mission Dolores, where several smaller creeks converged to form it, Mission Creek has long since bee ...
in San Francisco #* Tubsinta (village) – near
Visitacion Valley Visitacion Valley (; Spanish: ''Valle de la Visitación''), colloquially referred to as Viz Valley, is a neighborhood located in the southeastern quadrant of San Francisco, California. Visitacion Valley is roughly defined by McLaren Park and Gle ...
in San Francisco # Puichon – near present-day Menlo Park,
Palo Alto Palo Alto (; Spanish for "tall stick") is a charter city in the northwestern corner of Santa Clara County, California, United States, in the San Francisco Bay Area, named after a coastal redwood tree known as El Palo Alto. The city was es ...
and Mountain View # Tuchayune – fishing village on
Yerba Buena Island Yerba Buena Island ( Spanish: ''Isla Yerba Buena'') sits in San Francisco Bay within the borders of the City and County of San Francisco. The Yerba Buena Tunnel runs through its center and connects the western and eastern spans of the San Franc ...
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The following tribes furnished most of the converts at Mission Dolores: Ahwaste, Bolbone, Chiguau, Cuchillones, Chuscan, Cotejen, Junatca, Karkin, Khulpuni, Olemos, Olhon, Olmolococ, Olpen, Quemelentus, Quirogles, Saclan, Salzon (Suisun), Sanchines, Saucou, Sichican, Uchium & Uquitinac.


Santa Clara Valley

''Languages spoken:
Tamyen The Tamien people (also spelled as ''Tamyen'', ''Thamien'') are one of eight linguistic divisions of the Ohlone (Costanoan) people groups of Native Americans who lived in Northern California. The Tamien traditionally lived throughout the Santa ...
, Chochenyo language, Chochenyo on eastern fringes'' Tamyen language region (also spelled ''Tamien'', ''Thamien'') – tentatively
Santa Clara Valley The Santa Clara Valley is a geologic trough in Northern California that extends 90 miles (145 km) south–southeast from San Francisco to Hollister. The longitudinal valley is bordered on the west by the Santa Cruz Mountains and on the east ...
along Guadalupe River and west through
Cupertino Cupertino ( ) is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States, directly west of San Jose on the western edge of the Santa Clara Valley with portions extending into the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains. The population was 57,8 ...
. Tribes and villages of
Santa Clara Valley The Santa Clara Valley is a geologic trough in Northern California that extends 90 miles (145 km) south–southeast from San Francisco to Hollister. The longitudinal valley is bordered on the west by the Santa Cruz Mountains and on the east ...
: # Alson – low marshlands at southern end of San Francisco Bay, present-Day Newark,
Milpitas Milpitas (Spanish for "little milpas") is a city in Santa Clara County, California, in Silicon Valley. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 80,273. The city's origins lie in Rancho Milpitas, granted to Californio ranchero José Marí ...
and Alviso # Asirin – Coast Ranges east of Santa Clara Valley # Aulintac (also spelled ''Auxentac'') – along Coyote Creek # Churistac – cover term for cluster of villages in the mountains east of
Morgan Hill Morgan Hill is a city in Santa Clara County, California, at the southern tip of Silicon Valley, in the San Francisco Bay Area. Morgan Hill is an affluent residential community, the seat of several high-tech companies, and a dining, entertainmen ...
# Matalan – Santa Clara Valley from Coyote to Morgan Hill # Pala (also known as ''Palenos'') – mountains of Hall's Valley between Santa Clara Valley and Mount Hamilton # Ritocsi – Santa Clara Valley at Upper Guadalupe River and central Coyote Creek # San Bernardino Group – Santa Clara Valley unknown location; see Partacsi #* Lamaytu (tribe) – Santa Clara Valley #* Muyson (tribe) – Santa Clara Valley #* Pornen (tribe) – Santa Clara Valley #* Solchequis (tribe) – Santa Clara Valley # So-co-is-u-ka (village) – the original site of the
Mission Santa Clara Mission (from Latin ''missio'' "the act of sending out") may refer to: Organised activities Religion *Christian mission, an organized effort to spread Christianity *Mission (LDS Church), an administrative area of The Church of Jesus Christ of ...
(Mission Santa Clara de Thamien) on the Guadalupe River, 1777 # "Santa Ysabel" – eastern Santa Clara Valley and Upper Calaveras Creek # Somontac (also called ''Santa Clara'') – tentatively
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region of Santa Clara Valley, and/or a village of the Matalan # Thamien (village or locality) – the original site of the
Mission Santa Clara Mission (from Latin ''missio'' "the act of sending out") may refer to: Organised activities Religion *Christian mission, an organized effort to spread Christianity *Mission (LDS Church), an administrative area of The Church of Jesus Christ of ...
(Mission Santa Clara de Thamien) on the Guadalupe River, 1777 # Tayssen – large area of eastern
Coast Ranges The Pacific Coast Ranges (officially gazetted as the Pacific Mountain System in the United States) are the series of mountain ranges that stretch along the West Coast of North America from Alaska south to Northern and Central Mexico. Although th ...
east and southeast of Santa Clara Valley :In vicinity: # Junas – probably in
Hospital Creek Hospital Creek, originally Arroyo de Ospital, or Arroyo del Osnital is a tributary of the San Joaquin River draining eastern slopes of a part of the Diablo Range within San Joaquin County. The creek is approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey. ...
drainage or San Antonio Valley of
Diablo Range The Diablo Range is a mountain range in the California Coast Ranges subdivision of the Pacific Coast Ranges in northern California, United States. It stretches from the eastern San Francisco Bay area at its northern end to the Salinas Valley are ...
# Werwersen – vicinity of Mount Hamilton, Diablo Rang

:''*See also: Chitactac, Partacsi, possibly in this valley.''


East Bay area

''Languages spoken: Chochenyo language, Chochenyo, Karkin language, Karkin in the north'' Tribes and villages of the
East Bay The East Bay is the eastern region of the San Francisco Bay Area and includes cities along the eastern shores of the San Francisco Bay and San Pablo Bay. The region has grown to include inland communities in Alameda and Contra Costa counties ...
area: # Causen (aka ''Patlans'') –
Sunol Valley Sunol Valley ( es, Valle de Suñol) is located in Alameda County, California, United States. The small town of Sunol lies in the valley. It is largely rural, but is in proximity to the highly populated Bay Area suburbs of Fremont, Pleasanton, ...
# Huchiun – large area of East Bay shore, from Temescal Creek to present-day Richmond # Huchiun-Aguasto – East Bay on southeast shores of
San Pablo Bay San Pablo Bay is a tidal estuary that forms the northern extension of San Francisco Bay in the East Bay and North Bay regions of the San Francisco Bay Area in northern California. Most of the Bay is shallow; however, there is a deep water c ...
# Karkin (aka ''Los Carquines'' in Spanish) – on both sides of
Carquinez Strait The Carquinez Strait (; Spanish: ''Estrecho de Carquinez'') is a narrow tidal strait in Northern California. It is part of the tidal estuary of the Sacramento and the San Joaquin rivers as they drain into the San Francisco Bay. The strait is ...
, present-day Crockett, Port Costa, Martinez and Benicia # Luecha – southeast of Livermore # Jalquin/Yrgen – present day Hayward,
Castro Valley Castro Valley is a census-designated place (CDP) in Alameda County, California, United States. At the 2010 census, it was the fifth most populous unincorporated area in California and the twenty-third most populous in the United States. The popula ...
# Pelnen – western part of
Livermore Valley The Livermore Valley, historically known as the Valle de San José (Valley of San José), is a valley in Alameda County, California, located in the East Bay region. The city of Livermore is located in the valley. Geography The valley is bound ...
, from Pleasanton to
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# Seunen – northwest side of Livermore Valley # Souyen – marshland of Livermore Valley and up Tassajara Creek into southern foothills of
Mount Diablo Mount Diablo is a mountain of the Diablo Range, in Contra Costa County of the eastern San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California. It is south of Clayton and northeast of Danville. It is an isolated upthrust peak of , visible from most ...
# Ssaoam – around
Brushy Peak Brushy Peak, also known as Brushy Knob or Las Cuevas (The Caves), is a summit in Alameda County, California that overlooks the Livermore Valley. North of the valley, it is part of the Diablo Range. It rises to an elevation of and is the location ...
and
Altamont Pass Altamont Pass, formerly Livermore Pass, is a low mountain pass in the Diablo Range of Northern California between Livermore in the Livermore Valley and Tracy in the San Joaquin Valley. The name is actually applied to two distinct but nearby ...
, between Livermore Valley and
San Joaquin Valley The San Joaquin Valley ( ; es, Valle de San Joaquín) is the area of the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California that lies south of the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta and is drained by the San Joaquin River. It comprises seven ...
#* Yulian (either a subgroup or alias name of Ssaoams) # Taunan – mountainous parts of Alameda Creek and Arroyo del Valle south to
Alameda An alameda is a Avenue (landscape), street or path lined with trees () and may refer to: Places Canada *Alameda, Saskatchewan, town in Saskatchewan **Grant Devine Dam, formerly ''Alameda Dam'', a dam and reservoir in southern Saskatchewan Chile ...
Contra Costa County line # Tuibun – mouth of Alameda Creek and Coyote Hills area, eastern shore of San Francisco Bay. Site is preserved in
Coyote Hills Regional Park Coyote Hills Regional Park is a regional park encompassing nearly 978 acres of land and administered by the East Bay Regional Park District. The park, which was dedicated to public use in 1967, is located in Fremont, California, USA, on the sou ...
. # Saclan – a former group or division of the Costanoan family inhabiting the shore at or south of Oakland


Santa Cruz Mountains

''Languages spoken: Awaswas,
Tamyen The Tamien people (also spelled as ''Tamyen'', ''Thamien'') are one of eight linguistic divisions of the Ohlone (Costanoan) people groups of Native Americans who lived in Northern California. The Tamien traditionally lived throughout the Santa ...
on eastern border'' Tribes and villages of the Santa Cruz Mountains: # Achista (tentatively included ''Acsaggis'') – Santa Cruz Mountains, present-day Boulder Creek, and Riverside Grove # Chalumu – current location of city of Santa Cruz # Chaloctac – around Loma Prieta Creek on crest of Santa Cruz Mountains # Chitactac – Santa Cruz Mountains and/or
Santa Clara Valley The Santa Clara Valley is a geologic trough in Northern California that extends 90 miles (145 km) south–southeast from San Francisco to Hollister. The longitudinal valley is bordered on the west by the Santa Cruz Mountains and on the east ...
# Cotoni – Pacific Coast at present-day Davenport # Olpen (also known as ''Guemelentos'') – interior hills and valleys in Santa Cruz Mountains, La Honda Creek, Corte de Madera Creek # Partacsi (also known as "Paltrastach") – Saratoga Gap mountainous area, upper
Pescadero Creek Pescadero Creek is a major stream in Santa Cruz and San Mateo counties in California, United States. At ,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed March 15, 2011 it is the longes ...
, Stevens Creek, and
Saratoga Creek Saratoga Creek is a north-northeast flowing creek in Santa Clara County, California. History Saratoga Creek was originally called Arroyo Quito and then Campbell Creek after immigrant William Campbell, who operated a sawmill in 1848 in "Campbell's ...
watersheds; tentatively the village and center of San Bernardino tribal groups # Sayanta – Scotts Valley, Glenwood, and
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areas (part of Mexican grant '' Arrollo de Sayante'') # Sokel – present-day Aptos


Monterey Bay area

''Languages spoken: Awaswas north coast, Rumsen south coast, Mutsun inland'' Tribes and villages of the
Monterey Bay Monterey Bay is a bay of the Pacific Ocean located on the coast of the U.S. state of California, south of the San Francisco Bay Area and its major city at the south of the bay, San Jose. San Francisco itself is further north along the coast, by ...
area: # Aptos – Shores of Monterey Bay from Aptos east, halfway up
Pajaro River The Pajaro River (''pájaro'' is ''bird'' in Spanish) is a U.S. river in the Central Coast region of California, forming part of the border between San Benito and Santa Clara Counties, the entire border between San Benito and Santa Cruz Cou ...
# Cajastaca – north or northeast of
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, near the Pajaro River # Ichxenta – at San Jose Creek, near
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# Kalindaruk (Calendaruc)-
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# Rumsien (village) – Carmel River (California), Carmel River, roughly 5 miles inland from San Carlos Mission and Pacific Coast Kroeber, 1925, Map p. 465 # Uypi – present-day City of Santa Cruz # Wacharon – near present-day
Moss Landing Moss Landing, formerly Moss, is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Monterey County, California, United States. It is located north-northeast of Monterey, at an elevation of . It is on the shore of Monterey Bay, at the ...
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Salinas Valley

''Languages spoken: Rumsen, Mutsun, Chalon language, Chalon

Tribes and villages of
Salinas Valley The Salinas Valley is one of the major valleys and most productive agricultural regions in California. It is located west of the San Joaquin Valley and south of San Francisco Bay and the Santa Clara Valley. The Salinas River, which geologically ...
: # Ansaime (also spelled ''Ausaima'') – east side of San Felipe sink on Pacheco Creek (San Benito County), Pacheco Creek # Chipuctac – Cañada de los Osos area northeast of Gilroy # Mutsun (village) – at the
Mission San Juan Bautista Mission San Juan Bautista is a Spanish mission in San Juan Bautista, San Benito County, California. Founded on June 24, 1797 by Fermín Lasuén of the Franciscan order, the mission was the fifteenth of the Spanish missions established in presen ...
, on
San Benito River The San Benito River is a long river flowing northwesterly between the Diablo Range and the Gabilan Range, on the Central Coast of California.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map acces ...
, west of present-day city of Hollister. # Pitac – possibly San Martin area or else part of Unijama in the Gilroy area # Tomoi – in the general area of
Pacheco Pass Pacheco Pass, elevation , is a low mountain pass located in the Diablo Range in southeastern Santa Clara County, California. It is the main route through the hills separating the Santa Clara Valley and the Central Valley. As with most passes in ...
# Unijaima (also spelled ''Unijaimas'') – Gilroy and Carnadero areas # Wachero-n – at site of Mission Soledad on Salinas River


Notes


References

* Kroeber, Alfred L. 1925. ''Handbook of the Indians of California''. Washington, D.C: ''Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin'' No. 78. (map of villages, page 465) * Milliken, Randall. ''A Time of Little Choice: The Disintegration of Tribal Culture in the San Francisco Bay Area 1769-1810'' Menlo Park, CA: Ballena Press Publication, 1995. (alk. paper)


Further reading

* Beeler, Madison S. ''Northern Costanoan'', International Journal of American Linguistics, 1961. 27: 191-197. * Brown, Alan K. ''Indians of San Mateo County'', ''La Peninsula:Journal of the San Mateo County Historical Association'', Vol. XVII No. 4, Winter 1973-1974. * Brown, Alan K. ''Place Names of San Mateo County'', published San Mateo County Historical Association, 1975. * Teixeira, Lauren. ''The Costanoan/Ohlone Indians of the San Francisco and Monterey Bay Area, A Research Guide''. Menlo Park, CA: Ballena Press Publication, 1997. . * Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico Part 2 – Edited by Frederick Webb Hodge 1910 {{DEFAULTSORT:Ohlone Villages Villages
Ohlone Villages The Ohlone, formerly known as Costanoans (from Spanish meaning 'coast dweller'), are a Native American people of the Northern California coast. When Spanish explorers and missionaries arrived in the late 18th century, the Ohlone inhabited the ...
Ohlone Villages The Ohlone, formerly known as Costanoans (from Spanish meaning 'coast dweller'), are a Native American people of the Northern California coast. When Spanish explorers and missionaries arrived in the late 18th century, the Ohlone inhabited the ...
Ohlone Villages The Ohlone, formerly known as Costanoans (from Spanish meaning 'coast dweller'), are a Native American people of the Northern California coast. When Spanish explorers and missionaries arrived in the late 18th century, the Ohlone inhabited the ...
Ohlone Villages The Ohlone, formerly known as Costanoans (from Spanish meaning 'coast dweller'), are a Native American people of the Northern California coast. When Spanish explorers and missionaries arrived in the late 18th century, the Ohlone inhabited the ...
Ohlone Villages The Ohlone, formerly known as Costanoans (from Spanish meaning 'coast dweller'), are a Native American people of the Northern California coast. When Spanish explorers and missionaries arrived in the late 18th century, the Ohlone inhabited the ...
Ohlone Villages The Ohlone, formerly known as Costanoans (from Spanish meaning 'coast dweller'), are a Native American people of the Northern California coast. When Spanish explorers and missionaries arrived in the late 18th century, the Ohlone inhabited the ...
Ohlone Villages The Ohlone, formerly known as Costanoans (from Spanish meaning 'coast dweller'), are a Native American people of the Northern California coast. When Spanish explorers and missionaries arrived in the late 18th century, the Ohlone inhabited the ...
Ohlone Villages The Ohlone, formerly known as Costanoans (from Spanish meaning 'coast dweller'), are a Native American people of the Northern California coast. When Spanish explorers and missionaries arrived in the late 18th century, the Ohlone inhabited the ...
Ohlone Villages The Ohlone, formerly known as Costanoans (from Spanish meaning 'coast dweller'), are a Native American people of the Northern California coast. When Spanish explorers and missionaries arrived in the late 18th century, the Ohlone inhabited the ...
Ohlone Villages The Ohlone, formerly known as Costanoans (from Spanish meaning 'coast dweller'), are a Native American people of the Northern California coast. When Spanish explorers and missionaries arrived in the late 18th century, the Ohlone inhabited the ...
Ohlone Villages The Ohlone, formerly known as Costanoans (from Spanish meaning 'coast dweller'), are a Native American people of the Northern California coast. When Spanish explorers and missionaries arrived in the late 18th century, the Ohlone inhabited the ...
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