Nisenan (or alternatively, Neeshenam, Nishinam, Pujuni, or Wapumni) is a nearly extinct Maiduan language spoken by the Nisenan people of central California...

The Nisenan are a group of Native Americans and an Indigenous people of California from the Yuba River and American River watersheds in Northern California...

northeastern Central California. The three subcategories of Maidu are: The Nisenan or Southern Maidu occupied the whole of the American, Bear, and Yuba River...

is the home of a diverse array of fish and wildlife. The Maidu, Miwok, Nisenan, and Wintun peoples have inhabited the American River area near present-day...

of time". Further inland, the Nisenan of the Sacramento Valley call it Sukkú Jaman, "dog mountain"; because, as Nisenan elder Dalbert Castro once explained...

Nevada City (originally, Ustumah, a Nisenan village; later, Nevada, Deer Creek Dry Diggins, and Caldwell's Upper Store) is the county seat of Nevada County...

to two-spirit individuals as ʔóš·apu (pronounced [ˈʔoʃːapu]), and the Nisenan refer to them as ʔosa·pu (pronounced [ʔoˈsaːpu]). Both would marry men...

They spoke closely related languages, including the living Maidu, Konkow and Nisenan languages, along with the Chico language and other extinct variations...

90500) is located in El Dorado County, California. It lies in the heart of Nisenan or southern Maidu territory Nearby communities are Shingle Springs and...

Maidu) Konkow (also known as Northwestern Maidu) Nisenan † (also known as Southern Maidu) The languages have similar sound systems but differ significantly...