Over 50 villages and tribes of the
Ohlone
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 ...
(also known as Costanoan)
Native American people have been identified as existing in
Northern California
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circa 1769 in the regions of the
San Francisco Peninsula,
Santa Clara Valley,
East Bay,
Santa Cruz Mountains
The Santa Cruz Mountains, part of the Pacific Coast Ranges, are a mountain range in central and Northern California, United States. They form a ridge down the San Francisco Peninsula, south of San Francisco. They separate the Pacific Ocean from ...
,
Monterey Bay and
Salinas Valley. The known tribe names and village locations of people who spoke the Costanoan languages
[Milliken, 1995.] are listed by regions below.
San Francisco Peninsula
''Languages spoken:
Ramaytush,
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:
# Ahwaste – the San Francisco Peninsul
# Chiguan – Pacific Coast of San Francisco Peninsula vicinity of
Half Moon Bay
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br>
# Cotegen – Pacific Coast south of Half Moon Bay
#
Lamchin – present-day
San Mateo County, Bay shore from
Belmont
Belmont may refer to:
People
* Belmont (surname)
Places
* Belmont Abbey (disambiguation)
* Belmont Historic District (disambiguation)
* Belmont Hotel (disambiguation)
* Belmont Park (disambiguation)
* Belmont Plantation (disambiguation)
* Belmon ...
south to
Redwood City 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
#
Quiroste
Over 50 villages and tribes of the Ohlone (also known as Costanoan) Native Americans in the United States, Native American people have been identified as existing in Northern California circa 1769 in the regions of the San Francisco Peninsula, Sa ...
– 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 ...
br>
# 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
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, near
San Pedro Creek, present day
Pacifica
# Timigtac – half mile from Pacific Coast, on bank of
Calera Creek, present-day Pacifica
# Tulomo – the San Francisco Peninsul
# Urebure (also spelled ''Buriburi'
–
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south of
San Bruno Mountain
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#
Yelamu
The Yelamu are a local tribe of Ohlone people from the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California. The Yelamu speak a language called Ramaytush. The moderAssociation of Ramaytush Ohlone (ARO)are the descendants of the Ramaytush.
Randall Milli ...
(tribe) – northern San Francisco Peninsula
#* Amuctac (village) – near
Visitacion Valley 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
Chamisso one of the most numerous connected with Dolores mission in 1816
#* Petlenuc (village) – near the
Presidio of San Francisco
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#* 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 in San Francisco
# Puichon – near present-day
Menlo Park,
Palo Alto and Mountain View
# Tuchayune – fishing village on
Yerba Buena Islandbr>
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 along
Guadalupe River and west through
Cupertino.
Tribes and villages of
Santa Clara Valley:
# Alson – low marshlands at southern end of
San Francisco Bay
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San Francisco Bay drains water from a ...
, present-Day
Newark
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* Newark, New Jersey, city in the United States
* Newark Liberty International Airport, New Jersey; a major air hub in the New York metropolitan area
Newark may also refer to:
Places Canada
* Niagara-on-the ...
,
Milpitas 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
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# 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 Santa Clara de Thamien) on the Guadalupe River, 1777
# "Santa Ysabel" – eastern Santa Clara Valley and Upper
Calaveras Creek
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# Somontac (also called ''Santa Clara'') – tentatively
Los Gatos 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 Santa Clara de Thamien) on the Guadalupe River, 1777
# Tayssen – large area of eastern
Coast Ranges
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east and southeast of Santa Clara Valley
:In vicinity:
# Junas – probably in
Hospital Creek drainage or
San Antonio Valley
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of
Diablo Range
# 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 area:
# Causen (aka ''Patlans'') –
Sunol Valley
#
Huchiun – large area of East Bay shore, from
Temescal Creek to present-day
Richmond
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* Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town in England
* Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada
* Richmond, California, ...
# Huchiun-Aguasto – East Bay on southeast shores of
San Pablo Bay
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Most of the Bay is shallow; however, there is a deep water ch ...
#
Karkin (aka ''Los Carquines'' in Spanish) – on both sides of
Carquinez Strait, present-day
Crockett
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People and fictional characters
*Crockett Gillmore (born 1991), American National Football League player
*Crockett Johnson, pen name of David Johnson Liesk (1906-1975), American cartoonist and children's book illustrator
*C ...
,
Port Costa
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,
Martinez and
Benicia
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# Luecha – southeast of
Livermore
# Jalquin/Yrgen – present day
Hayward,
Castro Valley
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# Pelnen – western part of
Livermore Valley, from
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* Pleasanton, Nebraska
* Pleasanton, New Mexico
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* Pleasanton, Texas
* Pleasanton Township, Michigan
Other
* Pleasanton High School ...
to
Dublin
# Seunen – northwest side of Livermore Valley
# Souyen – marshland of Livermore Valley and up
Tassajara Creek Tassajara may refer to:
* Tassajara, California, in Contra Costa County
* Tassajara Formation
* Tassajara Hot Springs
* Tassajara Hot Springs, California
* Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
* Tassajara - mountain bike design by Gary Fisher
* Tassajara ...
into southern foothills of
Mount Diablo
# Ssaoam – around
Brushy Peak and
Altamont Pass
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, between Livermore Valley and
San Joaquin Valley
#* Yulian (either a subgroup or alias name of Ssaoams)
# Taunan – mountainous parts of
Alameda Creek
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and
Arroyo del Valle south to
Alameda–
Contra Costa County
) of the San Francisco Bay
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, subdivision_type1 = State
, subdivision_name1 = California
, subdivision_type2 ...
line
# Tuibun – mouth of Alameda Creek and
Coyote Hills Coyote Hills may refer to:
* Coyote Hills (Alameda County), California, USA
** Coyote Hills Regional Park
* Coyote Hills, Orange County, California, consists of:
** East Coyote Hills, Orange County, California, USA
** West Coyote Hills, Orange C ...
area, eastern shore of San Francisco Bay. Site is preserved in
Coyote Hills Regional Park
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.
#
Saclan
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History
Th ...
– a former group or division of the
Costanoan
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family inhabiting the shore at or south of
Oakland
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Santa Cruz Mountains
''Languages spoken:
Awaswas
The Awaswas people, also known as Santa Cruz people, are one of eight divisions of the Ohlone Native Americans of Northern California. The Awaswas lived in the Santa Cruz Mountains and along the coast of present-day Santa Cruz County from pre ...
,
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
The Santa Cruz Mountains, part of the Pacific Coast Ranges, are a mountain range in central and Northern California, United States. They form a ridge down the San Francisco Peninsula, south of San Francisco. They separate the Pacific Ocean from ...
:
# Achista (tentatively included ''Acsaggis''
) –
Santa Cruz Mountains
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, 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
# Cotoni – Pacific Coast at present-day
Davenport
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* Hundred of Davenport, cadastral unit in South Australia
**Davenport, South Australia, suburb of Port Augusta
**District Council of Davenport, former local govern ...
# Olpen (also known as ''Guemelentos'') – interior hills and valleys in Santa Cruz Mountains,
La Honda Creek
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,
Corte de Madera Creek
# Partacsi (also known as "Paltrastach") –
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mountainous area, upper
Pescadero Creek,
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
Scotts Valley is a small city in Santa Cruz County, California, United States, about thirty miles (48 km) south of downtown San Jose and six miles (10 km) north of the city of Santa Cruz, in the upland slope of the Santa Cruz Mount ...
,
Glenwood, and
Laurel areas (part of
Mexican grant ''
Arrollo de Sayante'')
# Sokel – present-day
Aptos
Aptos (Ohlone for "The People") is an unincorporated town in Santa Cruz County, California. The town is made up of several small villages, which together form Aptos: Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley, Aptos Village, Cabrillo, Seacliff, Rio del Mar, and S ...
Monterey Bay area
''Languages spoken:
Awaswas
The Awaswas people, also known as Santa Cruz people, are one of eight divisions of the Ohlone Native Americans of Northern California. The Awaswas lived in the Santa Cruz Mountains and along the coast of present-day Santa Cruz County from pre ...
north coast,
Rumsen south coast,
Mutsun
Mutsun (also known as San Juan Bautista Costanoan) is a Utian language spoken in Northern California. It was the primary language of a division of the Ohlone people living in the Mission San Juan Bautista area. The Tamien Nation and band is cu ...
inland''
Tribes and villages of the
Monterey Bay area:
# Aptos – Shores of Monterey Bay from
Aptos
Aptos (Ohlone for "The People") is an unincorporated town in Santa Cruz County, California. The town is made up of several small villages, which together form Aptos: Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley, Aptos Village, Cabrillo, Seacliff, Rio del Mar, and S ...
east, halfway up
Pajaro River
# Cajastaca – north or northeast of
Watsonville
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, near the Pajaro River
# Ichxenta – at
San Jose Creek
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, near
Point Lobos State Reserve
# Kalindaruk (Calendaruc)-
Monterey County
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Montere ...
br>
# 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 Landingbr>
Salinas Valley
''Languages spoken:
Rumsen,
Mutsun
Mutsun (also known as San Juan Bautista Costanoan) is a Utian language spoken in Northern California. It was the primary language of a division of the Ohlone people living in the Mission San Juan Bautista area. The Tamien Nation and band is cu ...
,
Chalon language, Chalon
Tribes and villages of
Salinas Valley:
# Ansaime (also spelled ''Ausaima'') – east side of San Felipe sink on
Pacheco Creek (San Benito County), Pacheco Creek
# Chipuctac –
Cañada de los Osos
Cañada de los Osos is an stream that flows west and then north to join Coyote Creek in the Diablo Range south of Henry Coe State Park in southern Santa Clara County, California, United States. It is now protected within the 5,800 acre Cañada ...
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, 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
# Unijaima (also spelled ''Unijaimas'') –
Gilroy and
Carnadero areas
# Wachero-n – at site of
Mission Soledad
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 ...
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
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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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