Yokuts
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The Yokuts are an Indigenous people of California who live in the Central Valley. They are often divided into Foothill Yokuts, Northern Valley Yokuts, and Southern Valley Yokuts.
A Chukchansi woman and child, California, ca. 1920
Yokuts and Miwok men outside of a sweat lodge, Tule River Reservation, 2007
Chukchansi Yokuts woman, photo by Edward Curtis, 1924
A Chukchansi family near Oakhurst, California, c. 1920
Estanislao
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Cucunuchi, baptized as Estanislao, was an Indigenous alcalde of Mission San José and a member and leader of the Lakisamni tribe of the Yokuts people of northern California. He is famous for leading ba
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…and animal products, salt, steatite, and obsidian. They used marine shells as a form of money showing they had a functional monetary system in place. Cucunuchi, also known as Estanislao (c. 1798–1838), was an Indigenous leader of the Lakisamni Yokuts and of Mission San José, who led a Native American revolt…
Present-day Stanislaus River was the home of many Native-American tribes. During the Mexican era, it was known as "Río de los Laquisimes"