Mattole (Noun)
Meaning 1
A member of the Athapaskan people living in northwestern California.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The Mattole traditionally resided in the area surrounding the Mattole River in northwestern California.
- Historically, the Mattole people followed a semi-nomadic lifestyle.
- Some Mattole joined with the Wailacki to form the area's first reservation.
- The Mattole people primarily spoke the Mattole language prior to contact with European settlers.
- Researchers have worked with remaining Mattole descendants to reconstruct elements of the Mattole language for educational preservation purposes
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
The Athapaskan language spoken by the Mattole.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The Mattole, an Algonquian-speaking group, once resided along a 30-mile stretch of the Mattole River in California.
- Mattole is an Algonquian language, not of the same family as other Athabaskan or Hupa groups in neighboring areas.
- The Bear River historically had Yurok residents alongside the Mattole River's Bear River Native Americans.
- Hupa's southwestern neighbor were the Mattole and Wailacki Native American in western Trinity County.
- South of the Mattole and their Bear River lands, and eastward along the Pacific coast lived Yurok people.