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Mattole

Mattole

1 9.9
A person from a Native American group that lives in northwestern California
  • noun
: mattole
  • The Mattole have a rich tradition of storytelling and basket weaving.

Examples

  • Some descendants of the Mattole still live in their ancestral homelands today.

  • Many Mattole people still practice traditional ceremonies.

  • Researchers have worked to preserve the language and culture of the Mattole.

  • The Mattole tribe has a rich cultural heritage.

  • Researchers have worked to preserve the language and culture of the Mattole.

  • Some descendants of the Mattole still live in their ancestral homelands today.

  • The Mattole have a rich tradition of storytelling and basket weaving.

Compounds

Mattole language
9.9

A language once spoken by the Mattole people of northern California

Surface Forms

Mattole singular
Mattole plural

Etymology

The word Mattole comes from the name the local Native American people used for themselves and for the Mattole River on the northern California coast. So a Mattole is a person 'of the Mattole' people, and the name links them to their home by the river.