List of Ohlone Villages - East Bay Area

East Bay Area

Languages spoken: Chochenyo, Karkin in the north

Tribes and Villages:

  1. Causen - (aka Patlans) - Sunol Valley
  2. Huchian - large area of East Bay shore, from Temescal Creek to present-day Richmond
  3. Huchiun-Aguasto - East Bay on Southeast shores of San Pablo Bay
  4. Karkin - (aka Los Carquines in Spanish) - on both sides of Carquinez Strait, present-day Crockett, Port Costa, Martinez and Benicia
  5. Luecha - Southeast of Livermore
  6. Jalquin/Yrgen - Present day Hayward, Castro Valley
  7. Pelnen - western part of Livermore Valley, from Pleasanton to Dublin
  8. Seunen - Northwest side of Livermore Valley
  9. Souyen - Marshland of Livermore Valley and up Tassajara Creek into southern foothills of Mount Diablo
  10. Ssaoam - around Brushy Peak and Altamont Pass, between Livermore Valley and San Joaquin Valley
    • Yulian (either a subgroup or alias name of Ssaoams)
  11. Taunan - mountainous parts of Alameda Creek and Arroyo del Valle south to Alameda-Contra Costa County line
  12. Tuibun - mouth of Alameda Creek and Coyote Hills area, eastern shore of San Francisco Bay

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