Ohlone
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The Ohlone, formerly known as Costanoans, are a Native American people of the Northern California coast. The Ohlone are believed to have displaced an earlier population of Hokan-speaking residents of
Ohlone people painted by Louis Choris
Replica of Ohlone Hut in the graveyard of Mission San Francisco de Asís, San Francisco
Ohlone dancers drawn by Wilhelm Gottlieb Tilesius von Tilenau
Ohlone dancers monument in Alameda.
Kuksu (religion)
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Kuksu was a religion in Northern California practiced by members within several Indigenous peoples of California before and during contact with the arriving European settlers. The religious belief sys
Ohlone
…in the typical ethnographic California pattern. The members of these various bands interacted freely with one another. The Ohlone people practiced the Kuksu religion. Prior to the Gold Rush, the northern California region was one of the most densely populated regions north of Mexico. However, the arrival…
Konkow Kuksu ceremony
Maidu Kuksu dancer
Pomo headdress used in Kuksu ceremonies