Choinumni, one of the many tribes of
Yokuts
The Yokuts (previously known as MariposasPowell, 1891:90–91.) are an ethnic group of Native Americans native to central California. Before European contact, the Yokuts consisted of up to 60 tribes speaking several related languages. ''Yokuts ...
Indians that live in the
San Joaquin Valley
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of
California
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. The Choinumni lived on the
Kings River. Their culture is especially well known from the account of
Thomas Jefferson Mayfield Thomas Jefferson Mayfield (1843–1928) led a remarkable double life in the early decades of California statehood, living his boyhood as an adopted member of the Choinumni (Choinumne) branch of the Yokuts tribe in the San Joaquin Valley, then rejoin ...
who was raised among them, at a village, opposite the mouth of Sycamore Creek, on the south bank of the Kings River, just above, what is now
Trimmer, California
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in the 1850s until 1861. They spoke the
Choynimni language.
External links
THE HISTORICAL MARKER DATABASE: Choinumni Marker
Yokuts
Native American tribes in California
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