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Ubakhea, California

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Ubakhea is a former Pomo settlement in Mendocino County, California, and a division of the Pomo people named for the settlement, recorded by George Gibbs in 1851. It was located in southern Mendocino County, near Sanel; its precise location is unknown.[1][2]

The Ubakhea band of Pomo are one of four bands of Pomo described by Gibbs as living between Sanel and the coast; the other three are Bochheaf, Tabahtea, and Moiya.[3]

References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ubakhea, California
  2. ^ Hodge, Frederick Webb, ed. (1910), Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, Part 2, Bulletin of the Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology, vol. 30, Washington, Govt. print. off, p. 861
  3. ^ Barrett, Samuel Alfred (1908), The Ethno-geography of the Pomo and Neighboring Indians, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 1, University of California Press, p. 178