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About Cottonwood The Shasta County town of Cottonwood, just
minutes south of Redding, is located along the Cottonwood Creek approximately four miles
west of the Sacramento River. During the hot summer months, the low-lying valley with its
indigenous cottonwoods, live oaks and "digger" pines, was sought out by the
migratory hunter-gatherer peoples who lived here before the coming of the Europeans. These
peoples were Wintu, including the Nomo-laki (Noe-ma Y-lac-ca). In contrast to the more
militant, bellicose Hokan (Yana or Nosa-Nozi) groups to the east, these peoples were said
to embrace a gentle, riverine culture. They subsisted on game, particularly Chinook salmon
which run each fall in huge numbers in the Creek, but also numerous land game, as well as
such abundant staples as piņon or "digger pine" nuts and acorn mash
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