Patwin

The Patwin (also Patween and Southern Wintu) are a band of Wintun people in Northern California.

The Patwin comprise the southern branch of the Wintun group, native inhabitants of California since approximately 500.

Alfred L. Kroeber put the 1770 population of the Wintun, including the Patwin, Nomlaki, and Wintu proper, at 12,000.

[6] Today, Wintun descendants of the three groups (i.e. the Patwin, Nomlaki, and Wintu proper) total about 2,500 people.

[7] Patwin Indian remains were discovered at the Mondavi Center construction site beginning in 1999, and consequently, the University of California, Davis, built a Native American Contemplative Garden within the Arboretum, a project honoring the Patwin.