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The Wintu (also Northern Wintun) are Native Americans who live in what is now Northern California. They are part of a loose association of peoples known collectively as the Wintun (or Wintuan). Others are the Nomlaki and the Patwin. The Wintu language is part of the Penutian language family.Historically the Wintu lived primarily on the western side of the northern part of the Sacramento Valley from the Sacramento River to the Coast Range.