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Karkin

Karkin

English

Proper noun

Karkin

  1. One of eight divisions of the Ohlone Native American people of northern California.
  2. The spoken language by this people, an Ohlone dialect in the Utian family.

Translations

Derived terms

Carquinez

References

  • Levy, Richard. 1978. Costanoan, in Handbook of North American Indians, vol. 8 (California). William C. Sturtevant, and Robert F. Heizer, eds. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1978. ISBN 0-16-004578-9 / 0160045754, pages 485.
  • Teixeira, Lauren. The Costanoan/Ohlone Indians of the San Francisco and Monterey Bay Area, A Research Guide. Menlo Park, CA: Ballena Press Publication, 1997. ISBN 0-87919-141-4.