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Wintu Culture and History

As a complement to our Wintu language information, here is our collection of indexed links about the Wintu tribe and their society. Please note that Wintus and other American Indians are living people with a present and a future as well as a past. Wintu history is interesting and important, but the Wintu Indians are still here today, too, and we try to feature modern writers as well as traditional folklore, contemporary art as well as museum pieces, and issues and struggles of today as well as the tragedies of yesterday. Suggestions for new links are always welcome.

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Our Wintu Websites

Wintu Language:
Information and language learning materials from the Wintu Indian language.

Wintu Facts for Kids:
Questions and answers about Wintu culture.

Wintun Stories:
Collection of Wintu Indian legends and folktales.

Wintu Tribal and Community Websites

Winnemem Wintu Tribe:
Official homepage of this California Wintu tribe.

Redding Rancheria

Round Valley Tribes:
Homepages of intertribal rancherias in California where other Wintu and Nomlaki people live.

Wintu Lifestyle and Tradition

Linguistic Families of Northern California

Pre-Contact California Tribal Territories:
Maps showing where in California the Wintu people live.

Native Americans Around Mount Shasta: Wintu Indians:
Articles on Wintu culture, history, and folklore from the College of the Siskiyous.

Wintu Legends:
Collection of Wintu Indian legends and folktales.

The Wintun Indians:
Curtis' early 20th-century ethnography of the Wintu tribe.

Wintun Indian Tribe:

Patwin Indian Tribe:
History and genealogy of the Wintu and Patwin Indians.

Wintun Authors:
Wintu writers, their lives and work.

Wintun Indian Baskets:
Wintun and other California Indian artwork for sale online. With many photographs.

Frank Lapena:

Curtis Burrows:
Songs performed by Wintu musicians.

Four Directions: Wintu:
Timeline and links about Wintu history.

Books for sale on the Wintu Indians
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The Wintu and Their Neighbors: A Very Small World-System in Northern California:
Interesting anthropology/philosophy book about traditional Wintu lifeways and worldview.

In My Own Words:
Legends, oral history, songs, and anecdotes from a Wintu elder.

Wintu Ethnography:
Anthropology book on the Wintu tribe.

Surviving Through the Days:
Anthology of myths and traditional literature from the Wintu, Nomlaki, and other California tribes.

California Native American Tribes: Wintu:
Book for kids on the Wintu Indian tribe.

American Indian Books:
Evolving list of books about Wintus and Native Americans in general.

Links, References, and Additional Information

Wintu People

Wintun:
Encyclopedia articles on the Wintu Indians.
Pueblo Wintun

Los Wintun:
  Information about the Wintus in Spanish.
   Wintu Tribe:
   Wintu links.

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