Maidu (Noun)
Meaning 1
A member of a North American Indian people living east of the Sacramento river in California.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The Maidu tribes had lived in the region for thousands of years before the arrival of European settlers.
- The Maidu people had a rich tradition of storytelling and passing down cultural values through oral histories.
- Historians believe that the Maidu population was significantly reduced due to the introduction of European diseases to which they had no immunity.
- The Maidu were skilled hunters and gatherers, taking advantage of the region's abundant wildlife and plant life.
- In the mid-19th century, many Maidu were forcibly relocated to reservations, where they struggled to adapt to a new way of life.