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“All nations will come and worship before you."

- Revelations 15:4

Atsugewi, Pitt River of United States

People Group Info

Total Population: 150

ROP3 Code: 100605
IMB Affinity Group: American Peoples
Affinity Bloc: North American Peoples
People Cluster: North American Indigenous
Language: English - (eng)
Religion: Ethnic Religions
Country of Origin: United States

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Majority Located Where

, CA - 150

They primarily live along the Pitt River in the northeast corner of California, near the town of Susanville.

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Brief Profile

The Atsugewi people are a Native American Nation and represent one among eleven other tribes in the Pitt River Tribe, the Ajumawi-Atsugewi Nation. Another tribe in the Ajumawi-Atsugewi Nation is the Achumawi, Pitt River people. Some Atsugewi people are members of the Susanville Indian Rancheria.

Today, both the Achumawi, Pitt River and Atsugewi people are a severely endangered ethno-linguistic people group. Out of an estimated 150 remaining in northeastern California, very few, if any at all, speak the Atsugewi language fluently.

Nevertheless, the people themselves maintain a social identity that adheres to their historical heritage. Their social identity is reinforced by the Pitt River Tribe Council. Click here to read more about the Atsugewi.

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Prayer Points

Pray for Atsugewi Christians to grow in their faith and to share the message of Christ with other tribes associated with the Pit River Tribe (the Ajumawi-Atsugewi Nation).
Pray that Atsugewi Christians will avoid the cultural temptation to be "in name only" followers of Christ.
Pray that messengers of the Gospel will take the message of Christ to the few remaining Atsugewi people.

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