Kroeber, Alfred L. 1925. Handbook of the Indians of California. Washington, D.C: Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin No. 78.
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.
The Spanish named a CaliforniaMissionSanta Clara de Asís after SaintClare of Assisi in the late 18th century. Eventually the name was extended by linguists to mean the nativeTamyen people gathered at the mission and their primary language.