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Ethnie: TUBATULABAL
Language: Tubatulabal
Family: Tubatulabal
Stock: Uto-Aztecan
Phylum: Aztec-Tanoan
Macro-Culture: Transition:  Chungichnich, Dream, Great Basin, Kuksu

 

 

 

 

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The Tubatulabal were a semi-sedentary hunter/gatherer culture and language group. They were located in the upper part of the valley of the Kern River. Their language is unlike any other in the Uto-Aztecan stock. They suffered severely from the White influx.
Aboriginal Locations
Division (# of villages):  Bankalachi (1), Palagewan (3), Tubatulabl (11)
Present Locations
Some remnants at TULE RIVER RESERVATION, Porterville while other absorbed into the local culture including Ft. Tejon
Year History
1776 Visited by Father Garcés
1806 Measles epidemic
1846 White settlers moved into territory
1857 Kern River gold rush
1862 Joined Owens Valley Paiute in hostilities against Whites
1863 American soldiers massacred 35-40 men near Kernville
1893 Allotted land in South Fork and Kern Valleys
1902 Measles epidemic
1918 Influenza epidemic
Year Population Source
1700 1,000 NAHDB calculation
1770 1,000 Kroeber estimate
1800 1,000 NAHDB calculation
1855 228 Voeglin estimate
1900 100 NAHDB calculation
1910 105 Census
1972 50 Field census
2000 100 NAHDB calculation
Other speakers of the same language:
None
Tubatulabl Sites
Kern Valley Museum    http://www.kernvalley.com/news/museum.htm
Seven Villages at Ft. Tejon    http://www.angelfire.com/id/newpubs/villages.html
Sierra Nevada Land Use Practices    http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/docs/data/1400/1470/HYPEROCR/hyperocr.html
Slippery Rock Petroglyphs    http://www.ca.blm.gov/caso/slipperyrock.html
Sugar and Salt    http://www.abotech.com/Articles/Campbell01.htm
The Tejon Indians    http://www.expage.com/page/tejonres
Tubatulabal - SFSU Narrative   http://bss.sfsu.edu/calstudies/Native%20Web%20Pages/tubatulabal.html

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