The Winnemem Wintu ("middle river people") are one of th
e nine sub-groups or bands of the Wintu tribe, whose traditional lands were along the lower McCloud River, above the Shasta Dam, and including Mount Shasta. Modern day Redding, California, is the the nearest large city. Although the Winnemem Wintu traditional language is recognized as the North Eastern dialect of the Northern Wintun, a member of the Wintuan language group, itself a member of the much larger Penuatian language family, they are not currently listed by the U. S. Federal agencies as a Federally recognized tribe. Of the original nine bands of Wintu, today only three survive, and their traditional lands and sacred places are in constant danger of more flooding from California's Shasta dam.
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