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The Yokuts are an ethnic group of Native Americans native to central California. Before European contact, the Yokuts consisted of up to 60 tribes speaking several related languages. Yokuts is both plural and singular; Yokut, while common, is erroneous. Yokut should only be used when referring specifically to the Tachi Yokut Tribe of Lemoore. Some of their descendants prefer to refer to themselves by their respective tribal names; they reject the term Yokuts,' saying that it is an exonym invented by English-speaking settlers and historians. Conventional subgroupings include the Foothill Yokuts, Northern Valley Yokuts, and Southern Valley Yokuts.

History
Another name used to refer to the Yokuts was Mariposans. The endonym "Yokuts" itself means "people." Many stories are told, depending on the tribe, on how the Yokuts and their land came to be, but most follow a similar form. Their creation story is such: Once the world was completely covered in water. Then came an eagle and a crow. As they were flying, they came upon a duck and asked the duck to bring up mud from the water so there can be land again. The duck did as he was asked, and this mud became the land of the Yokuts, more specifically the Sierra Nevada and the Coast Mountains. To this day, the crow and the eagle continue to be symbolic figures in Yokuts religious ceremonies. In Yokuts culture, men and women had different responsibilities. Men usually did the hunting, fishing, and building, while the women gathered, maintained the home, and cared for the children. In 1853, malaria spread once again among the Yokuts, killing more natives. By 1854, what was left of the Yokuts tribes was forced to move to the Fort Tejon Reservation. Tule Reservation was established in 1873 and many Yokuts moved there. Disease, violence, and relocation severely diminished the Yokuts; today, they number only a fraction of their pre-contact population. ==Population==
Population
Estimates for the precontact populations of most native groups in California have varied substantially (See Population of Native California). Alfred L. Kroeber in 1925 put the 1770 population of the Yokuts at 18,000. Several subsequent investigations suggested that the total should be substantially higher. Robert F. Heizer and Albert B. Elsasser 1980 suggested that the Yokuts had numbered about 70,000. They had one of the highest regional population densities in precontact North America. The US Senate failed to ratify any of the 18 treaties in a secret vote cast on July 8, 1852, with every member either abstaining or voting no. The result of the vote was not made public until 1905. The newly organized state government took a different approach. In 1851, California Governor Peter Burnett said that unless the Indians were moved east of the Sierras, "a war of extermination would continue to be waged until the Indian race should become extinct". Over the course of the next 50 years, settlers and eventually the California State Militia would wage war on the Yokuts and other native tribes in what became known as the California genocide. The Yokuts were reduced by around 93% between 1850 and 1900, with many of the survivors being forced into indentured servitude sanctioned by the so-called "California State Act for the Government and Protection of Indians". A few Valley Yokuts remain, the most prominent tribe among them being the Tachi Yokut. Kroeber estimated the population of the Yokuts in 1910 as 600. Today, about 2,000 Yokuts are enrolled in the federally recognized tribe. An estimated 600 Yokuts are said to belong to unrecognized tribes. ==Territory==
Territory
Yokuts tribes populated the San Joaquin Valley, Presumably the last autonomous Indigenous people lived at the Tulare Lake archipelago in the 1870s. Yoimut detailed white settlers introducing cattle to the island and subsequently forcing the indigenous people out: While we were at Chawlowin some white men put cattle on the island. The water was low and they drove them across from the east. There were hogs there already, but they were wild. As soon as the white people found out we were there, we began to have trouble. The tules were getting dry and we were afraid the white people would burn us out. So, we all left. My mother and stepfather took us to Téjon Ranch. We went in his brother's little wagon. In the northern half of the Yokuts region, some tribes inhabited the foothills of the Coast Range to the west. Some evidence shows Yokuts inhabiting the Carrizo Plain and creating rock art in the Painted Rock area. ==Language==
Language
According to San Diego State University, the Yokutsan languages are members of the Penutian language family. ==Diet==
Diet
Yokuts used spears, basket traps, and assorted other tools to hunt a variety of local animals, such as game birds, waterfowl, rabbits, turtles, various fish, mussels, and wasp grubs. Big game was hunted less frequently, but included deer, elk, and antelope. Their staple food was derived from acorn mash, though they also gathered tule roots and iris bulbs to make flour. Other foraged food includes manzanita berries, pine nuts, and seeds. They used a form of horticulture to cultivate tobacco. Salt came from salt grass. ==Communities==
Communities
Yokuts tribes Source: Delta Yokuts • Tarkumne - South bank of Carquinez Strait, from Rodeo to Martinez. • Bolbumne - Antioch and Brentwood areas. • Yachicumne - Stockton area and along the lower Calaveras River. • Laquisumne - From the junction of the Mokelumne and Cosumnes Rivers south to Stockton. • Apelumne - South and east of Stockton, including Escalon, Manteca, French Camp, and Lathrop. • Yalesumne - From the Tuolumne River to north of the Stanislaus River, possibly as far north as the Cosumnes River. • Hunezumne - Stockton area. • Chelumne - Exact location in the delta is unknown. • Chucumne - Between the San Joaquin River and Stockton. • Cosumne - On the Cosumnes River from its junction with the Mokelumne to a point upstream ten miles above Sloughhouse. • Mokelumne - On the Mokelumne River from its junction with the Cosumnes to the foothills. Northern Valley Yokuts • Hulpumne - Byron to Tassajara. • Cholbumne - Byron to just south of Tracy, including Livermore Valley, Altamont, Patterson, and Corral Hollow passes. • Hoyumne - West of San Joaquin River and south of Tracy. Exact location unknown. • Miumne - Orestimba Creek Basin extending south to the Garzas Creek Basin and east to the San Joaquin River. • Kahwatchwah - San Joaquin River around the Mendota, Firebaugh, and Los Banos areas. • Honoumne - West of the San Joaquin River between the Kahwatchwah and the Miumne. • Tucuyu - South of the Kahwatchwah on Fresno and Fish Sloughs. • Walakumne - Between the Stanislaus and Tuolumne Rivers. • Suenumne - Lower Stanislaus River. • Tuolumne - Lower Stanislaus River. • Ausumne - Lower Merced River. • Chulumne - Sand plains southwest of Stockton and opposite the Yachicumne. • Chauchela (Chowchilla) - Chowchilla River from the San Joaquin River to the Sierra Nevada foothills. • Heuche - Fresno River, from its junction with the San Joaquin River to the foothills. • Hoyumne - San Joaquin River from Herndon to Cottonwood Creek (Friant Dam). Shares name with Yokuts tribe south of Tracy. • Pitkache (Pitkachi) - San Joaquin River from Mendota Pool to Herndon. Southern Valley YokutsTache (Tachi) - North and west shores of Tulare Lake, including Kettleman Hills and Kettleman Plains. • Apiche - North of Murphy Slough (lower Kings River drainage). • Wimilche - Along the north bank of the Kings River near Laton downstream to Fresno Slough. • Nutúnutu - Along the south bank of the Kings River near Laton downstream to Fresno Slough. • Itecha (Aitecha) - South bank of Kings River near Sanger. Across river and upstream from the Wéchikit, downstream from the Choinumne. • Wéchikit - North bank of Kings River east of Sanger downstream to the Reedley area, including parts of Wahtoke Creek. • Chunut - Northeastern shore of Tulare Lake and along the lower channels of the southern branches of the Kaweah River. • Talumne - Along Cross, Mill, and Packwood Creeks (lower Kaweah River delta), centered around Visalia. • Gáwea - North bank of the Kaweah River from Terminus Dam to Venice Hills. • Yokodo - South bank of the Kaweah River from Exeter to the foothills. • Wólase - Area around Cameron Creek (lower Kaweah River delta) east of Visalia. • Choinok - Junction of Outside and Deep Creeks (lower Kaweah River delta) south to Tulare. • Wowol - Southeastern shore of Tulare Lake, including Atwell Island (Alpaugh). • Koyete - Tule River from Highway 99 to Porterville. • Yowlumne - Lower Kern River/Bakersfield area, Caliente Creek, between Kern Lake and the Tehachapi Mountains and as far south as El Paso Creek. • Tuhoumne - Lower Kern River downstream from the Yowlumne. Also on Buena Vista Lake, Buena Vista Slough, and Goose Lake south of the Paleumne. • Halaumne (Hometwole) - Northern and western shores of Kern Lake. • Tulumne - The south, west, and north sides of Buena Vista Lake and as far west as the Taft and McKittrick areas. Foothill Yokuts , California. ca.1900 • Gashou - Foothills between the San Joaquin and Kings Rivers, including parts of the plains (Fresno/Clovis area). Centered around Dry Creek (Big Dry Creek). • Chukchanse (Chuckchansi) (Mono language name: wowa) - Fresno River in the foothills above the Heuche, including Coarsegold, O'Neals, and Picayune Rancheria areas. • Dalinche - Coarsegold and O'Neals area, including Fine Gold Creek . • Kechaye - South side of the San Joaquin River upstream from the Dumna. • Tolteche - On both sides of the San Joaquin River upstream from the Kechaye. Kerckhoff Dam area. The Monache (Western Mono) peoples bordered them to the east. • Dumna - San Joaquin River from Millerton downstream to the mouth of Little Dry Creek. • Éntimbits - Dunlap area, Wonder Valley • Chukimena - Yokuts ValleyChoinumne - Kings River around its junction with Mill Creek upstream to Sycamore Creek. • Michahi - South of Choinumne on Mill Creek (tributary of Kings River). • Páhdwishe (Balwishe) - On the Kaweah River centered around Camp Potwishe extending east to Sequoia National Park. Includes Three Rivers area. • Wuksache - North of the Páhdwishe around Badger and upper Rattlesnake Creek. Includes Eshom Valley, Auckland, and Stokes Mountain area. • WukchumneTuolumne Rancheria They used marine shells as a form of money showing they had a functional monetary system in place. ==Internal conflicts within the Chukchansi tribe near Yosemite==
Internal conflicts within the Chukchansi tribe near Yosemite
On April 5, 2015, it was reported that members of the Chukchansi tribe near Yosemite had been disenrolling other members from the tribe for decades, so that the tribe's casino profits would go to fewer people. In the autumn of 2014, several disenrolled Chukchansi tribe members (who were no longer receiving a share of casino profits) arrived at the Chukchansi Gold Resort & Casino armed with guns, and violence ensued. As a result, a federal judge ordered that the casino be shut down. The casino reopened on December 31, 2015, and a formal Grand Reopening Ceremony took place on January 15, 2016. ==Notable Yokuts==
Notable Yokuts
• Cucunuchi (also known as Estanislao) ==Tribal government==
Tribal government
Every tribe has a head chief, winatun, and a village chief. ==Gallery==
Gallery
File:Photograph with text of a Chuckachancy woman and child, California. This is from a survey report of Fresno and Madera... - NARA - 296287 (cropped).jpg|A Chukchansi woman and child, California, ca. 1920 File:Photograph with text of Dick Neal, a member of the Chuckachancy tribe, California. This is from a survey report of... - NARA - 296284 (cropped).jpg|Dick Neal, a member of the Chukchansi tribe, California, ca. 1920 File:Photograph with text of young members of the Chuckachancy tribe, California. This is from a survey report of Fresno... - NARA - 296290 (cropped).jpg|Young members of the Chukchansi tribe, California, ca. 1920 File:Photograph with text showing a Chuckachancy woman preparing acorns for grinding, California. This is from a survey... - NARA - 296297 (cropped).jpg|A Chukchansi woman preparing acorns for grinding, California, ca.1920 ==See also==
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