Tachi

The Tachi are one of the Yokuts peoples of California's southern San Joaquin Valley. Their country lay north and west of Tulare Lake, among marshes, streams and open plains. Fish, waterfowl, seeds and other gathered foods complemented hunting and exchange with neighboring communities.

Yokuts communities around the lake used tule reeds for boats and other purposes, and their woven baskets served many household needs. Neighboring Yokuts groups occupied different parts of the lake basin. Spanish missions and later colonial settlement placed increasing pressure on Indigenous communities through disease, coercion and loss of land. Tachi kinship and cultural knowledge continue to connect people with this homeland.