Koso
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FOUR DIRECTIONS
INSTITUTE Koso |
| Ethnie: | KOSO (PANAMINT) |
| Language: | Central Numic |
| Family: | Numic |
| Stock: | Uto-Aztecan |
| Phylum: | Aztec-Tanoan |
| Macro-Culture: | Great Basin |
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| The Koso were a nomadic hunter/gatherer tribe. They ranged over the sparsely populated barren country between the Sierras and the Nevada state line from Owens Lake south to the Panamint Mountains. They are closely related to the Western Shoshoni. Their remote territory minimized their contact with Whites. As a result, little of their history is recorded. |
| Aboriginal Locations |
| 4 villages |
| Present Locations |
| LONE PINE RESERVATION, Lone Pine |
| Year | History |
| 1825 | Jedediah Smith passed through area |
| 1849 | Death Valley Party passed entered territory |
| 1855 | Territory surveyed by Von Schmidt |
| 1860 | Silver discovered in Coso Mountains |
| 1882 | Borax trade began |
| Year | Population | Source |
| 1700 | 150 | NAHDB calculation |
| 1800 | 150 | NAHDB calculation |
| 1883 | 150 | Kroeber |
| 1891 | 100 | Kroeber |
| 1900 | 100 | NAHDB calculation |
| 2000 | 100 | NAHDB calculation |
| Other speakers of the same language: |
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Comanche OK, Northern Shoshoni ID WY, Western Shoshoni CA NV |
| Koso Sites |
| History of Ridgecrest http://www.ci.ridgecrest.ca.us/City/History.html |
| Koso -SFSU Narrative http://bss.sfsu.edu/calstudies/Native%20Web%20Pages/koso.html |
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