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Nisenan Dialects & Districts of Speech Community (2006) (8 pages)
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From Downieville north the area was reported to have a mix of Konkow and
Nisenan speakers to as far as Mooretown (Littlejohn n.d. a). Northeast of Downieville it
was reported that there was a mixture of languages spoken in this region that included
Nisenan, Maidu, and Washo (Littlejohn n.d. a).
MaP 8 ~ TAHNKUM DISTRICT
Map 8 is the Tahnkum District as identified from information given by Ya-chélah to Merriam. The territory ventured as far north as Challenge, although there was no
residential site there (Merriam n.d. p). This most northern borderland would be the area
where the southern arm of Lake Oroville closes in on Forbes Town Road. The boundary
then moved east along Slate Creek with the southern border north and east of Dry Creek
excepting the communities of Ahmpilpil in Brown's Valley and Onekeammah located
three miles due east from the mouth of Dry Creek at the Yuba River.
Until new evidence emerges the inhabited sites of Toamcha up the Feather River
to Mumingko has been denoted as Nisenan residential sites within the Tahnkum District.
MaP 9 ~ NORTHERN NISHENAN DISTRICT
Map 9 is a view of the Northern Nishenan District. . have termed the districts of
Auburn and Placerville as Northern and Souther Nishenan respectively. . have yet to
find any other designation given by consultants for the people of these two regions. The
only reference for themselves was Nishenan.
Several consultants working with Littlejohn said there were four groups: Auburn,
Colfax, Sugar Pine Hill, and Clipper Gap. This vast area and Auburn's political influence
was extensive. The headman from Auburn had the capacity to bring all four groups
together for the sharing of resources and Big Times (Littlejohn n.d. b). Again the
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