Lema (also, La-ma or La-mah) is a former

Pomo The Pomo are a Indigenous peoples of California, Native American people of California. Historical Pomo territory in Northern California was large, bordered by the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast to the west, extending inland to ...

settlement in

Mendocino County Mendocino County (; ''Mendocino'', Spanish language, Spanish for "of Antonio de Mendoza, Mendoza") is a County (United States), county located on the North Coast (California), North Coast of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United S ...

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, one of a number of Pomo settlements catalogued by

Stephen Powers Stephen Powers (1840–1904) was an American journalist, ethnographer, and historian of Native American tribes in California. He traveled extensively to study and learn about their cultures, and wrote notable accounts of them. His articles w ...

. It was northwest of Hopland. One of the mines of

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from which the Pomo people took their name was located there.

References

Former settlements in Mendocino County, California Former populated places in California Pomo villages {{MendocinoCountyCA-geo-stub