Wintun

Wintun

Pre-contact distribution of Wintun peoples
Total population
(2,500)
Regions with significant populations
United States ( California)
Languages
English, Wintun languages
Religion
Roundhouse religion, Christianity

The Wintun are members of several related Native American peoples of Northern California, including the Wintu (northern), Nomlaki (central), and Patwin (southern). Their range is from approximately present-day Lake Shasta to San Francisco Bay, along the western side of the Sacramento River to the Coast Range. Each of these tribes speak one of the Wintuan languages. Linguistic and archaeological evidence suggests that the Wintun people probably entered the California area around 500 AD from what is now southern Oregon, introducing bow and arrow technology to the region (Golla 2011: 205).