Maidu

Maidu
Maidu coiled basket by Mary Kea'a'ala Azbill, circa 1900
Total population
2,500[1]
Regions with significant populations
United States of America ( California)
Languages
English, Maidu
Religion
Animistic (incl. syncretistic forms), other

The Maidu are a Native American people of northern California. They reside in the central Sierra Nevada, in the watershed area of the Feather and American Rivers and in Humbug Valley. In Maiduan languages, maidu means "man".

Map of Maidu peoples
  1. ^ "California Indians and their Reservations." Archived 2015-09-25 at the Wayback Machine SDSU Library and Information Access.