Nisipowinan Village, also spelled Nisenan Village was a major Nisenan Native American tribe Village that is a historical site in Sacramento, California. The Nisipowinan Village in Sacramento is a California Historical Landmark No. 900 listed on June 16, 1976. The Sacramento Nisipowinan Village was located on the north banks of the American River just east of the now Interstate 5 Freeway in the Sacramento Discovery Park. The Nisenan tribe was part of the Maidu tribe. In the 1840s the Nisenan tribe traded and worked in peace with people in and around Sutter's Fort, founded by John Sutter in 1839, which was located on the south bank of the American River.[1]
| Nisipowinan Village | |
|---|---|
 Nisipowinan Village Hut | |
| Location | North bank of American River Sacramento, California |
| Coordinates | 38°36′18″N 121°29′56″W / 38.605°N 121.499°W |
| Built | Pre-Columbian era ~2,000 years ago |
| Architect | Nisenan Tribe |
| Architectural style(s) | Tule Reed Wigwam |
| Designated | June 16,1976 |
| Reference no. | 900 |
  Location of Nisipowinan Village in California  Nisipowinan Village (the United States) | |
History
editNisenan called the Village, Pushune and called the American River, Kum Sayo, meaning Roundhouse River. Nisenan built tule reed plant dome-shaped huts on dirt mounds. The mounds stop flooding of the homes when the river flooded. The sweat houses and acorn granaries storage structures also were on mounds. Pushune Village was hunter gather tribe, acorn were turned in to a mush, gruels, or flatbreads. The Nisenan fished and hunted small game. Coastal California seashells beads were used for currency, along with food and fur trading.[2] As the town of New Helvetia (now Sacramento) and Sutter's Fort grew with the California Gold Rush, it displaced the Nisenan's Pushune Village. Nisenan tribe lived in Northern California and the California Central Valley.[3][4][5]
The Effie Yeaw Nature Center in Carmichael, California, east of Sacramento as replica of a Nisenan Village hut.[6]
See also
editExternal links
edit- Nisenan culture site
- Placer County Museum Archived 2013-07-07 at the Wayback Machine
References
edit- ^ "Nisipowinan Village #900". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks. Retrieved 2012-10-07.
- ^ Kroeber, A.L. (1929). The Valley Nisenan. University of California Press. p. 261.
- ^ Sturtevant, general editor; Handbook of North American Indians, Nisenan chapter; Wilson, Norman L. and Thowne, Arlean H., page 387 (Smithsonian Institution, 1987)
- ^ "CHL # 900 Nisipowinan Village Site Sacramento". www.californiahistoricallandmarks.com.
- ^ "Nisenan People Tribute | Northwestern California University School of Law". nwculaw.edu.
- ^ "American River Ranch – Soil Born Farms".