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The Konkow or Northwestern Maidu (or in the Konkow language, Koyoomk'awi) lived below the high Sierra, in the South, Middle, North and West branches of the Feather River, on the Upper Butte and Chico Creeks, and in the Sacramento Valley along the lower course of those streams. The location of the former Konkow lands and California's Butte County are roughly similar.

The Konkow did not comprise a true political or governmental entity, but like many other central California tribes, was a loose confederation of tribelets based on their common language, likewise named Konkow. In reality, similar to the other Maidu tongues, it was a language group consisting of a wide spectrum of similar dialects, in which no dialect predominated. Similarly, there was no central Konkow tribal polity, but instead there were a number of tribelets, each independent and self-sufficient, bound by culture and intermarriage.

The traditional Konkow villages of Butte County include: Oidoing-koyo; Nakany-koyo, Paki; Yanku; Tadoiko; Michoopda; Eskini;Nim-sewe; Otaki; Tsulum-sewi; Konkow; Taiku; Totoma; Tsam-bahenom; Hokomo; Kalkalya; Hohlto; Kulayapto; Tsuka; Tsaktomo; Yuma; Ololopa; Baya; Botoko; Taichida; Bauka; Helto; Toto; Honcut.

Territory
The Konkow occupied the land ....

Neighboring tribes included the Nisenan to the south, the Yana to the north, the Mountain Maidu to the northeast, and the Nomelaki and Patwin to the west.