Shasta or Shastan may refer to:

Native American

Shasta Costa The Shasta Costa (also known as the Chasta Costa, Shastacosta, Chastacosta, Shastao-Skoton, Shista-Kkhwusta or Shistakwasta ), are a Native American tribe, one of Lower Rogue River Athabascan tribes from southwestern Oregon, who originally live ...

, a people group native to southwestern Oregon *

Shasta language The Shasta language is an extinct Shastan language formerly spoken from northern California into southwestern Oregon. It was spoken in a number of dialects, possibly including Okwanuchu. By 1980, only two first language speakers, both elderly, w ...

, extinct language of the Shasta people *

Shasta people The Shastan peoples are a group of linguistically related indigenous peoples from the Klamath Mountains. They traditionally inhabited portions of several regional waterways, including the Klamath, Salmon, Sacramento and McCloud rivers. Shastan ...

, a people group native to northern California and southern Oregon *

Shastan languages The Shastan (or Sastean) family consisted of four languages, spoken in present-day northern California and southern Oregon: # Konomihu ''(†)'' # New River Shasta ''(†)'' # Okwanuchu ''(†)'' # Shasta (also known as Shastika) ''(†)'' ...

, extinct family of languages

Geography and locations

California, United States

Shasta, California Shasta is a census-designated place (CDP) in Shasta County, California, United States. Shasta sits at an elevation of . Its population is 1,043 as of the 2020 census, down from 1,771 from the 2010 census. Shasta State Historic Park located at Sh ...

, a former mining town (west of present-day Redding, California), now abandoned *

Mount Shasta, California Mount Shasta (also known as Mount Shasta City) is a city in Siskiyou County, California, at about above sea level on the flanks of Mount Shasta, a prominent northern California landmark. The city is less than southwest of the summit of its na ...

, a city located southwest of Mount Shasta *

Mount Shasta Mount Shasta ( Shasta: ''Waka-nunee-Tuki-wuki''; Karuk: ''Úytaahkoo'') is a potentially active volcano at the southern end of the Cascade Range in Siskiyou County, California. At an elevation of , it is the second-highest peak in the Cascades ...

, part of the Cascade Range in California *

Shasta County, California Shasta County (), officially the County of Shasta, is a County (United States), county in the Northern California, northern portion of the U.S. state of California. Its population is 182,155 as of the 2020 census, up from 177,223 from the 2010 c ...

, named for the mountain *

Shasta Lake, California The City of Shasta Lake, known as Central Valley or CV prior to incorporation, is a city in Shasta County, California, United States. It is the closest settlement to Shasta Dam and Shasta Lake reservoir, which are popular tourist destinations. It ...

, a city near Shasta Lake *

Shasta Lake Shasta Lake, also popularly known as Lake Shasta, is a reservoir in Shasta County, California, United States. It began to store water in 1944 due to the impounding of the Sacramento River by Shasta Dam, the ninth tallest dam in the United State ...

, the reservoir behind Shasta Dam *

Shasta Dam Shasta Dam (called Kennett Dam before its construction) is a concrete arch-gravity dam across the Sacramento River in Northern California in the United States. At high, it is the eighth-tallest dam in the United States. Located at the north e ...

, on the Sacramento River in California *

Shasta River The Shasta River is a tributary of the Klamath River, approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed 9 March 2011 in northern California in the United States. It dr ...

, a river near Mount Shasta * Shasta Springs, a former resort on the Sacramento River * Shasta State Historic Park, the current state park at the site of Shasta * State of Shasta, part of an 1854 proposal to partition California into three states

Iran

Shasta, Iran Shasta ( fa, شستا, also Romanized as Shastā) is a village in Chehel Shahid Rural District, in the Central District of Ramsar County, Mazandaran Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called ...

, a village in Mazandaran Province, Iran *

Shastan, Iran Shestan Olya ( fa, شستان عليا, also Romanized as Shestān ‘Olyā; also known as Shastān-e Bālā, Shāshtū, Shastān, and Shishtu) is a village in Safaiyeh Rural District, in the Central District of Zaveh County, Razavi Khorasan Pr ...

, a village in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran

People

Shasta Averyhardt Shasta Averyhardt is an American golfer. A professional since 2009, she is the first African-American golfer on the LPGA Tour since 2001 when she qualified in 2010 for the 2011 tour. She went to Jackson State University, a historically black univer ...

, an American golfer on the LPGA * Shasta Groene, a young girl from Coeur d'Alene, Idaho abducted by Joseph E. Duncan III

Products

Shasta (soft drink) Shasta Beverages is an American soft drink manufacturer that markets a value-priced soft drink line with a wide variety of soda flavors, as well as a few drink mixers, under the brand name Shasta. The company name is derived from Mount Shasta ...

, a soft drink brand * Shasta, a former Procter & Gamble shampoo brand *

Shasta travel trailers Shasta travel trailers were recreational vehicles originally built between 1941 and 2004. Founded by industry pioneer Robert Gray, the firm was originally situated in a small factory in Los Angeles, California Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Áng ...

, an American brand built between 1941–2004

Arts, entertainment, and media

Shasta (Narnia) Shasta, later known as Cor of Archenland, is a fictional character in C. S. Lewis' ''Chronicles of Narnia''. He is the principal character in the fifth book published in the series, ''The Horse and His Boy''. The book's events, however, are chro ...

, the main character in C. S. Lewis' novel ''The Horse and His Boy'' (1954) * "Shasta", the seventh track on singer-songwriter Vienna Teng's album ''

Warm Strangers ''Warm Strangers'' is singer-songwriter Vienna Teng's second album. Track listing #Feather Moon – 4:06 #Harbor – 4:24 #Hope on Fire – 4:26 #Shine – 2:39 #Mission Street – 4:32 #My Medea – 4:09 #Shasta (Carrie's Song) – 3:29 #Home ...

'' (2004) * "Shasta Beast", the twelfth track on the Eagles of Death Metal release ''

Death by Sexy ''Death by Sexy'' is the second album by the American rock group Eagles of Death Metal. It was rumoured to be released in summer 2005 but was pushed back to April 11, 2006. The album cover of ''Death by Sexy'' has elements similar to the covers o ...

'' (2006) * Shasta Fay Hepworth, major character in the Paul Thomas Anderson film ''

Inherent Vice ''Inherent Vice'' is a novel by American author Thomas Pynchon, originally published in August 2009. A darkly comic detective novel set in 1970s California, the plot follows sleuth Larry "Doc" Sportello whose ex-girlfriend asks him to investigat ...

'' (2014), based on Thomas Pynchon's eponymous novel * ''

Shasta McNasty ''Shasta McNasty'' (later retitled ''Shasta'') is an American sitcom that aired on UPN from October 5, 1999, to August 1, 2000. The show was created by Jeff Eastin and produced by Eastin and Neal H. Moritz. The show starred Carmine Giovinazzo, ...

'', a television sitcom on UPN. The name was shortened to ''Shasta'' before season one ended. * ''

Shasta of the Wolves ''Shasta of the Wolves'' is a feral child novel by British-born American children's author Olaf Baker. The novel was originally published in 1919 by Dodd, Mead and Company with illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull, and was reprinted a number ...

'', a 1919 feral child novel and its title character by Olaf Baker * Shasta, a Siberian Husky in ''

Snow Buddies ''Snow Buddies'' is a 2008 American adventure comedy film and the second installment in the ''Air Buddies'' series. It was released on DVD on February 5, 2008. The film takes place in the fictional town of Ferntiuktuk, Alaska. It is the final i ...

Other uses

Shasta (deity) Shasta (IAST Śāstā) is a Hindu deity of Dravidian origin, usually associated with Shiva and Vishnu. In Hindu mythology, Shasta is considered to be another name of Ayyappan, described as the offspring of Shiva and Mohini. His principal fu ...

, a Hindu deity * Shasta (mascot), the name of the University of Houston's mascot * SHASTA, the callsign for

Lynx Aviation Lynx Aviation, Inc. was a regional airline based in Denver, Colorado, United States. The airline began as a sister company to, and operated feeder service for, Frontier Airlines. The Lynx name plays off of the tail pictures of its planes, speci ...

, based in Denver, Colorado * ''

Leucanthemum × superbum ''Leucanthemum'' × ''superbum'', the Shasta daisy, is a commonly grown flowering herbaceous perennial plant with the classic daisy appearance of white petals (ray florets) around a yellow disc, similar to the oxeye daisy '' Leucanthemum vulgar ...

'' or Shasta daisy, a flower *

Shasta Publishers Shasta Publishers was a science fiction and fantasy small press specialty publishing house founded in 1947 by Erle Melvin Korshak, T. E. Dikty, and Mark Reinsberg, who were all science fiction fans from the Chicago area. The name of the press was ...

, a 1950s US science fiction publishing imprint * USS ''Shasta'', either of two ammunition replenishment ships of the United States Navy {{disambiguation, geo, given name