Editing Maidu (section)

==Local division==
The Maidu people are geographically dispersed into many subgroups or bands who live among and identify with separate valleys, foothills, and mountains in northeastern Central California.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Encyclopedia of Native Tribes of North America|last=Johnson|first=Michael G.|publisher=Firefly Books|year=2014|isbn=978-1-77085-461-1|location=Buffalo, New York|pages=198}}</ref> The three subcategories of Maidu are:
* The [[Nisenan]] or [[Southern Maidu]] occupied the whole of the American, [[Bear River (Feather River)|Bear]], and Yuba River drainages. They live in lands that were previously home to the [[Martis people|Martis]].<ref>{{Cite web
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* The Northeastern or [[Mountain Maidu]], also known as Yamani Maidu, lived on the upper north and middle forks of the Feather River.
* The Konkow (Koyom'kawi/Concow) occupied a [[Concow, California|valley]] between present-day [[Cherokee, California|Cherokee]], and [[Pulga, California|Pulga]], along the north fork of the Feather River and its tributaries. The [[Mechupda]] live in the area of [[Chico, California]].