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Achomawi

noun
1.
A member of the Achomawi community of northeastern California.
2.
A community of Native Americans who speak a Hokan language and live in northeastern California.
3.
The Shastan language spoken by the Achomawi.





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"Achomawi" Quotes from Famous Books



... burial and cremation, has been practiced by the Pitt River or Achomawi Indians of California, who "bury the body in the ground in a standing position, the shoulders nearly even with the ground. The grave is prepared by digging a hole of sufficient depth and circumference to admit the body, the head being cut off. In the grave are placed ...
— An introduction to the mortuary customs of the North American Indians • H. C. Yarrow


Words linked to "Achomawi" :   California, Hokan, ca, Golden State, Hoka, Shastan, community, Calif.


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