where did the hopi indians live?
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 American Indian lore contains numerous legends to explain the eruptions of Mount St. Helens and other Cascade volcanoes . The most famous of these is the Bridge of the Gods legend told by the Klickitat people . In their tale , the chief of all the gods and his two sons , Pahto ( also called Klickitat ) and Wy 'east , traveled down the Columbia River from the Far North in search for a suitable area to settle . 

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 Ramaytush ( also called San Francisco Costanoan ) : The Ramaytush resided between San Francisco Bay and the Pacific in the area which is now San Francisco and San Mateo Counties . The Yelamu grouping of the Ramaytush included the villages surrounding Mission Dolores , Sitlintac and Chutchui on Mission Creek , Amuctac and Tubsinte in Visitation Valley , Petlenuc from near the Presidio , and to the southwest , the villages of Timigtac on Calera Creek and Pruristac on San Pedro Creek in modern @-@ day Pacifica . 

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 The Ohlone inhabited fixed village locations , moving temporarily to gather seasonal foodstuffs like acorns and berries . The Ohlone people lived in Northern California from the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula down to Big Sur in the south , and from the Pacific Ocean in the west to the Diablo Range in the east . Their vast region included the San Francisco Peninsula , Santa Clara Valley , Santa Cruz Mountains , Monterey Bay area , as well as present @-@ day Alameda County , Contra Costa County and the Salinas Valley . Prior to Spanish contact , the Ohlone formed a complex association of approximately 50 different " nations or tribes " with about 50 to 500 members each , with an average of 200 . Over 50 distinct Ohlone tribes and villages have been recorded . The Ohlone villages interacted through trade , intermarriage and ceremonial events , as well as some internecine conflict . Cultural arts included basket @-@ weaving skills , seasonal ceremonial dancing events , female tattoos , ear and nose piercings , and other ornamentation . 

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 After the departure of the Hohokam , groups of Akimel O 'odham ( commonly known as Pima ) , Tohono O ’ odham and Maricopa tribes began to use the area , as well as segments of the Yavapai and Apache . The O 'odham were offshoots of the Sobaipuri tribe , who in turn were thought to be the descendants of the formerly urbanized Hohokam . 

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 The indigenous natives called themselves the Ah @-@ wah @-@ ne @-@ chee , meaning " dwellers in Ahwahnee . " The Ahwahneechees were decimated by a disease in about 1800 , and left the valley , although about 200 returned under the leadership of Tenaya , son of an Ahwahneechee chief . 
