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Southern California Indian Language Regions

Central Points for generalized zones based on Map from Handbook of North American Indians, Smithsonian Institution, 1978. This dataset is primarily used to express the lack of precise boundaries of tribal regions when layered with other attribute data.

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Field Value
DC_Title California Indian Language Regions
DC_Title_Alternative Indian Language Zones
DC_Creator_PersonalName Jeanette Zerneke
DC_Creator_PersonalName_Address ECAI, I School, UC Berkeley
DC_Creator_CorporateName ECAI, ECCA Project
DC_Creator_CorporateName_Address ECAI, I School, UC Berkeley
DC_Subject_Specific Linguistic Zones, Language mapping, Native Californians, California Indians
DC_Description Generalized zones based on Map from Handbook of North American Indians.
DC_Source Data Source: Handbook of North American Indians, volume 8, California (Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1978) http://linguistics.berkeley.edu/~survey/documents/maps/handbook-map.pdf
DC_Language eng
DC_Type Dataset
DC_Format Multipart
DC_Format_Specific kml, image, text
DC_Coverage_PeriodName Pre-Colonial North America
DC_Coverage_PlaceName Alta California
ECAI_Team U_S_and_Canada
ECAI_Theme linguistics