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The only recording I have of my mom, Elizabeth, is her interviews with elderly Patwin tribe members in the 1950s, sharing stories and songs from the last of the original fluent speakers.
Boing Boing 2008
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Powers remarks concerning the Korusi (Patwin) Indians of
The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day Alexander F. Chamberlain
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The various dialects are grouped by Kroeber into three main divisions or languages, of which the southern, or Patwin, includes all south from about Stony Creek, and possibly also those of Sonoma Creek on the bay.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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The parties were at a standoff until the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation , the tribe that owns Cache Creek casino, and Cortina Band of Patwin Indians, based in Williams, intervened in May.
SFGate: Top News Stories Chron carolynjones@sfchronicle.com (Carolyn Jones 2011
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The parties were at a standoff until the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation , the tribe that owns Cache Creek casino, and Cortina Band of Patwin Indians, based in Williams, intervened in May.
SFGate: Top News Stories Chron carolynjones@sfchronicle.com (Carolyn Jones 2011
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At the marina, a powerful wind blows off the water, a reminder of the Suisunes, a small band of Patwin Indians known as the "people of the west wind," who once called the region home.
SFGate: Top News Stories Stephanie Wright Hession 2011
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Patwin is a Native American language spoken in the western United States.
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In Patwin, the native language of the Wintun Tribe, "Yocha-De-He" means "Home by the Spring Water," explained McKay, and serves as a governing philosophy of the tribe in terms of preserving Native American traditions as well as working with and being of service to others.
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At the luncheon, Leland Kinter, tribal secretary and Yocha-De-He Wintun Academy students gave a blessing in Patwin, the native language of the tribe.
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Origin of Clear Lake -- Patwin (Sacramento Valley, Cal.)
Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest Katharine Berry [Editor] Judson
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