Madesi tribe

For the Nepalese ethnic group, see Madheshi people.
Madesi
Regions with significant populations
United States1,500 - Madesi Valley (Big Bend), Pit River, California[1]
Languages
English and "Pit River Talk"
Related ethnic groups
Achomawi, Pit River Tribe
San Diego State Univ.

The Madesi tribe (pronounced as Mah-day-see)[2] are an Indigenous group of Native Americans who once thrived in the Big Bend region of the Pit River in northeastern California of the United States,[3] the most down-stream section (AKA the Madesi Valley) of the Pit River (Ajumma) in the Pit River Tribal territory.[4] They are one of nine autonomous bands (also called "tribelets") of the Pit River Tribe who spoke dialects of the Achumawi language or more commonly "Pit River Talk". The other two bands of the Pit River Tribe speak dialects of a second, distinct but related language, called by anthropologists Atsugewi.[5] The historic homeland of the other eight bands that share the Achumawi language extended to Goose Lake. On the south side of the Pit River the Atsugewi language group consisted of two distinct bands (now part of the Pit River Tribe) living in the Hat Creek Valley and Dixie Valley.[6][7]

  1. ^ "Madesi tribe of Big Bend Madesi Valley". Four dir for Madesi tribe. Four Directions Institute. 2007. Archived from the original on February 14, 2002. Retrieved 20 November 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ "Indigenous Madesi bands peoples in Pit Valley".
  3. ^ "Madesi – Official Home of the Pit River Tribe". pitrivertribe.org.
  4. ^ Merriam, C. Hart, The Classification and Distribution of The Pit River Indian Tribes of California. Smithsonian Institution (Publication 2874), Volume 78, Number 3, 1926
  5. ^ Nevin, Bruce (1998). Aspects of Pit River Phonology (PDF) (Ph.D.). The University of Pennsylvania.
  6. ^ Carl Waldman (September 2006). Encyclopedia of Native American tribes. Infobase Publishing. pp. 2–3. ISBN 978-0-8160-6274-4. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
  7. ^ "Big Bend and Big Bend Hot Springs History". Big Bend Hot Springs Project. Retrieved 9 March 2016.