Karkin people
The Karkin people (also called Los Carquines in Spanish) were one of eight Ohlone peoples, indigenous peoples of California.
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
 United States ( California) | |
| Languages | |
| Karkin, English | |
| Religion | |
| Traditional tribal religion |
The Karkin people lived in the Carquinez Strait region in the northeast portion of the San Francisco Bay estuary.[1] They spoke the Karkin language, the only documentation is a single vocabulary obtained by linguist-missionary Felipe Arroyo de la Cuesta at Mission Dolores in 1821.[2] Although meager, the records of Karkin show that it constituted a distinct branch of Costanoan, strikingly different from the neighboring Chochenyo Ohlone language and other Ohlone languages spoken farther south.[3] Karkin has probably not been spoken since the 19th century.
See also
Notes
- Milliken 1995:238
- Milliken 2008:6
- Beeler 1961
References
- Beeler, Madison S. 1961. "Northern Costanoan." International Journal of American Linguistics 27: 191–197.
- Callaghan, Catherine A. 1997. "Evidence for Yok-Utian." International Journal of American Linguistics 63:18–64.
- Golla, Victor. 2007. "Linguistic Prehistory." California Prehistory: Colonization, Culture, and Complexity. Terry L. Jones and Kathryn A. Klar, eds., pp. 71–82. New York: Altamira Press. ISBN 978-0-7591-0872-1.
- Milliken, Randall T. 1995. A Time of Little Choice: The Disintegration of Tribal Culture in the San Francisco Bay Region, 1769–1810. Menlo Park, CA: Ballena Press.
- Milliken, Randall T. 2008. Native Americans at Mission San Jose. Banning, CA: Malki-Ballena Press. ISBN 978-0-87919-147-4.
External links
- Karkin language overview at the Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
- Costanoan/Ohlone Indian Language
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