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Konkow Maidu

Konkow Maidu communities are rooted in the Konkow Valley and Feather River drainage in northern California.

Read the sources [1] Konkow Valley Band of Maidu Indians

Explore on the map: California; See each region’s evidence for historical or present-day scope.
Homeland / region: Feather River region, California
Research depth: Source guide
Source collection: 2 annotated resources · 2 Indigenous-led
Inspected sources: 0 substantive works · selected content reviewed
Initial adequacy: Not assessed
Compiled: October 19, 2026

A source guide for a deeper dive.This entry provides a brief orientation and an organized reading path. A comprehensive deep dive has not yet been completed. Follow the annotated sources and distinguish primary community accounts from outside reference material.

Identity and homelands

Konkow Maidu communities are rooted in the Konkow Valley and Feather River drainage in northern California.

Read the sources [1] Konkow Valley Band of Maidu Indians

Historical context

The Konkow Valley Band’s history emphasizes village-based identities, colonization, epidemic disease, and continuing residence in ancestral homelands.

Read the sources [1] Konkow Valley Band of Maidu Indians

Living communities and further study

The Band’s public website explicitly presents contemporary survival and community identity. Konkow should be read alongside, rather than collapsed into, broader Maidu categories.

Read the sources [2] Konkow Valley Band of Maidu Indians

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