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The theme will represent the Nisenan people of the Maidu Native
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Indian natives of the Maidu, Wintun, Concow and Nisenan tribes regularly trekked into the buttes to harvest the bounty of the valley, blue and live oak trees.
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The California Gold Rush almost wiped out the Maidu, Miwok and Nisenan peoples of the Sierra Foothills.
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Council members listened in surprise and shock as tribal spokeswoman Judy Marks read a prepared statement: "[The cemetery] has long been the cremation and burial site of our ancestors - the Miwok, Maidu and Nisenan - who once lived in this region.
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Council members listened in surprise and shock as tribal spokeswoman Judy Marks read a prepared statement: "[The cemetery] has long been the cremation and burial site of our ancestors - the Miwok, Maidu and Nisenan - who once lived in this region.
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