Salinan

Salinan
Te'po'ta'ahl
Miguelino family near Mission San Antonio de Padua
Total population
681 (2000, census)
Regions with significant populations
 California
Languages
English, formerly Salinan
Religion
Salinan traditional narratives
Pre-contact distribution of the Salinan.

The Salinan are a Native American tribe whose ancestral territory is in the southern Salinas Valley and the Santa Lucia Range in the Central Coast of California. Today, the Salinan governments are now working toward federal tribal recognition from the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Map of Salinan placenames, dialects, and tribelets