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15-525: Lassik may refer to: Lassik people , one of the Eel River Athapaskan peoples of California Lassik language , the language formerly spoken by them See also [ edit ] Lassic , 19th-century leader of the Eel River Athapaskan peoples Lasic (disambiguation) Lasik Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

30-746: A 1770 population for the Nongatl , Sinkyone , and Lassik as 2,000, and the population of the Wailaki as 1,000. Sherburne F. Cook (1976) suggested a total of 4,700 for the Nongatl, Sinkyone, Lassik, Wailaki, Mattole, and Kato. Martin A. Baumhoff (1958) estimated the aboriginal populations as 2,325 for the Nongatl, 4,221 for the Sinkyone, 1,411 for the Lassik, and 2,760 for the Wailaki, or a total of 10,717 for

45-575: A mile up from Asbill Creek; East side Eel River between Cottonwood Creek and Yuki border (around Blue Rock Creek)) Che-teg-gah-ahng or Pitch Wailaki (North Fork Eel from a mile up from Asbill Creek all the way up to Lassik border (at Salt Creek); includes Hull's Creek and Casoose Creek) Northern Bands (Kekawaka and allies, neither Wailaki nor Lassik; language like Wailaki, not Lassik) (both sides Eel River north of Boulder Creek on east side and Chamise Creek on west; north to Lassik border (around Kekawaka Creek)) The Sinkyone, with about 70 villages, had

60-472: Is a family of languages spoken in the Sacramento Valley of central Northern California . All Wintuan languages are either extinct or severely endangered . William F. Shipley listed three Wintuan languages in his encyclopedic overview of California Indian languages. More recently, Marianne Mithun split Southern Wintuan into a Patwin language and a Southern Patwin language, resulting in

75-513: Is the best documented of the four Wintuan languages. Pitkin estimated that the Wintuan languages were about as close to each other as the Romance languages . They may have diverged from a common tongue only 2,000 years ago. A comparative study including a reconstruction of Proto-Wintuan phonology, morphology and lexicon was undertaken by Shepherd. The Wintuan family is usually considered to be

90-633: The Bald Hills War in the 1860s. Some Wailaki people are registered members of Round Valley Indian Tribes . The Nongatl ( Hupa word meaning "Athapaskan to the south") lived traditionally in the territory around the Van Duzen River, from its outlet on the Eel River to its headwaters near Dinsmore, California , and along Yager Creek and Larabee Creek (Elsasser 1978; Golla 2011). They had at least 35 villages. The Lassik ( Las'-sik ,

105-876: The Wailaki language belonging to the Pacific Coast Athapaskan group of the Athapaskan language family which is prominently represented in Alaska , western Canada , and the southwestern U.S. Other related Athapaskan groups neighboring the Eel River Athapaskans included the Hupa - Whilkut - Chilula to the north, the Mattole on the coast to the west, and the Kato to the south. The Whilkut, Nongatl and Lassik were essentially annihilated during

120-542: The North Fork of the Eel River). These regional groupings were divided into several bands and contained almost 100 villages: Tsennahkenne , Tsen-nah-ken-ne or Eel River Wailaki (both sides Eel River from Boulder Creek to Cottonwood Creek, then West side south to Yuki border (around Blue Rock Creek)) Bahneko , Bah-ne-ko keah or North Fork [Eel River] Wailaki (both sides North Fork Eel from its mouth to about

135-454: The following classification. Wintu became extinct with the death of the last fluent speaker in 2003. As of 2010 , Nomlaki has at least one partial speaker. One speaker of Patwin (Hill Patwin dialect) remained in 2003. Southern Patwin, once spoken by the Suisun local tribe just northeast of San Francisco Bay, became extinct in the early 20th century and is thus poorly known. Wintu proper

150-909: The four Eel River Athapaskan groups. Kroeber estimated the combined population of the Nongatl, Sinkyone, and Lassik in 1910 as 100, and the population of the Wailaki as 200. Today, some Wailaki people are enrolled in the Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians of California , the Grindstone Indian Rancheria of Wintun-Wailaki Indians , and the Round Valley Indian Tribes of the Round Valley Reservation (formerly: Covelo Indian Community Yuki, Wailaki, Concow, Little Lake Pomo, Nomlacki, and Pit River peoples). Wintuan languages Wintuan (also Wintun , Wintoon , Copeh , Copehan )

165-459: The land along the Eel River and South Fork Eel River , and a portion of coastline from Spanish Flat south. The Wailaki weave the roots and leaves of Carex into baskets and use the leaves to weave mats. Estimates for the pre-contact populations of most native groups in California have varied substantially. (See Population of Native California .) Alfred L. Kroeber (1925:883) proposed

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180-610: The name of their last chief) had about 20 villages and occupied a portion of main Eel River south to Kekawaka Creek, and its east tributaries, Van Duzen River, Larabee, and Dobbyn creeks, as well the headwaters of the North Fork Eel River and Mad River . They had for neighbors toward the north the Whilkut inhabitants of the valley of Mad River and Redwood Creek; toward the east the Wintu of South Fork Trinity River ; toward

195-536: The neighborhood of their former homes. The Wailaki ( Wintun term meaning "north language.") or in their own language Kinist'ee ("the people") lived in northwestern California, along the Eel River south of Kekawaka Creek and the North Fork Eel River in three main subdivisions: Tsennahkenne or Tsen-nah-ken-ne (Eel River Wailaki or Mainstem Eel River band); Bahneko or Bah-ne-ko keah (North Fork [Eel River] Wailaki or North Fork Eel River band); and Che-teg-gah-ahng (Pitch Wailaki or Pitch band) (located farther up

210-535: The south the Wailaki, from whom they were separated by Kekawaka Creek; toward the west the Sinkyone (Sinkine) on Southfork of Eel River. Their dialect resembles the Hupa in its morphology and the Wailaki in its phonology. The majority of them perished during the first few years of the occupancy of their country by white people, a bounty being placed on their heads and the traffic in children for slaves being profitable and unrestrained. A few families of them are still living in

225-525: The title Lassik . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lassik&oldid=996123025 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Language and nationality disambiguation pages Lassik people These groups speak dialects of

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