Our part of the collection consists of sound recordings of interviews, dances, songs and legends, photographs, books, journal articles, and unpublished manuscripts and field notes on the Achomawi, Atsugewi, Klamath River, Wintu and Yana Indian tribes.
Shasta County's part of the CILC collection is located in the Boggs Local History Area of the Redding Library. There are finding guides and bibliographies to help you find the information you need. The collection is divided into three parts: books or written material, photos, and sound recordings.
View the Guides and Bibliographies in our CILC collection .
Note that the actual articles and publications are not currently in the catalog.
Browse through the following online bibliographies first to find the article, legend, song, journal, interview, dance, book or photograph that interests you.
The following is a list of designations, or in some instances a more general geographic description, of Native California Indians and the counties in which they are found.
Each of the linked counties listed below is listed as a location for the California Indian Library Collections.
Tribe |
Check at linked libraries for more information |
Achomawi | Lassen; Modoc; Shasta; Siskiyou |
Athapaskan, unspecified | Del Norte; Humboldt; Trinity |
Atsugewi | Lassen; Shasta |
Bay Miwok |
Contra Costa; Sacramento; Solano |
Chilula | Humboldt |
Coast Miwok | Marin; Sonoma |
Huchnom |
Lake; Mendocino |
Hupa | Humboldt; Trinity |
Karuk | Humboldt; Siskiyou |
Kato | Mendocino |
Klamath | Del Norte; Humboldt; Lassen; Modoc; Shasta; Siskiyou; Trinity |
Konkow | Butte; Glenn; Nevada; Plumas; Tehama; Yuba |
Lake Miwok | Lake; Yolo |
Lassik | Humboldt; Trinity |
Maidu | Butte; Glenn; Plumas; Sierra; Tehama; Yuba |
Mattole | Humboldt |
Modoc | Modoc; Siskiyou |
Mono |
Fresno; Madera; Mariposa; Tulare |
Nisenan | Amador; Butte; El Dorado; Nevada; Placer; Plumas; Sacramento; Sierra; Sutter; Yuba |
Nomlaki | Glenn; Shasta; Tehama |
Nongatl | Humboldt; Trinity |
Northern Paiute | |
Owens Valley Paiute |
Inyo; Mono |
Patwin | Butte; Colusa; Glenn; Lake; Napa; Solano; Sonoma; Sutter; Yolo |
Plains Miwok |
Amador; Calaveras; Contra Costa; El Dorado; Sacramento; San Joaquin; Solano |
Pomo/Kashia Pomo | Lake; Mendocino; Sonoma |
Shasta | Shasta; Siskiyou; Trinity |
Shoshone |
Inyo; Kern |
Sierra Miwok | Alpine; Amador; Calavera; El Dorado; Madera; Mariposa; Merced; San Joaquin; Stanislaus; Tuolumne |
Sinkyone | Humboldt; Mendocino |
Tolowa | Del Norte |
Wailaki | Humboldt; Mendocino; Trinity |
Wappo | Lake; Napa; Sonoma |
Washoe | Alpine; Amador; El Dorado; Lassen; Nevada; Placer; Plumas; Sierra |
Whilkut | Humboldt |
Wintu | Shasta; Siskiyou; Tehama; Trinity |
Wiyot | Humboldt |
Yahi/Yana | Butte; Plumas; Shasta; Tehama |
Yokuts | Alameda; Calaveras; Contra Costa; Fresno; Kern; Kings; Madera; Mariposa; Merced; Monterey; San Denito; San Joaquin; San Luis Obispo; Santa Clara; Stanislaus; Tulare |
Yuki | Colusa; Lake; Mendocino; Tehama; Trinity |
Yurok | Del Norte |