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The Nisenan, also known as the Southern Maidu and Valley Maidu, are one of many native groups of the Central Valley. The Maidu are a group of Native Americans who live in Northern California. The Central Valley is a large flat valley that dominates the central portion of the U The name Nisenan, as with many Native American tribes, means "people". Only a few members survive, and of the two languages, Chico is now extinct, and Nisenan has only one speaker left. Chico (also Valley Maidu) is an extinct Maiduan language formerly spoken by Maidu peoples who lived in Northern California between Sacramento and Nisenan (or alternatively Southern Maidu Neeshenam Nishinam Pujuni or Wapumni is a nearly extinct Maiduan language spoken by the Nisenan (or Southern Maidu

Territory

The Nisenan lived primarily within the borders of the American River to the south, the Sacramento River up to the Feather River to the west, the Yuba River to the north, and the foot of the Sierra Mountains to the east. American River ( Río de los Americanos in the Mexican period located in the US state of California, has a prominent place in United States history for The Sacramento River is the longest River entirely within the U This article treats the river in California For other uses see Feather River (disambiguation The Feather River is a principal tributary of The Yuba River is an important River in California and a major Tributary of the Feather River, which is a tributary of the Sacramento River The Sierra Nevada ( Spanish for "Snowy Range" is a Mountain range located in the U Villages concentrated around the rivers (namely the American and Sacramento rivers, with a high concentration between th Bear River and the north fork of the American). Often they encompased both sides of the rivers sharing territory with the Miwok to the south, the Patwin to the west, and the Northern Maidu to the north. Miwok (also spelled Miwuk, Mi-Wuk, or Me-Wuk) can refer to any one of four linguistically-related groups of Native Americans, who lived in what The Patwin (also Patween, Southern Wintu) are a Wintun people native to the area of Northern California.

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