The Maidu are an American Indian people of northern California. They reside in the central Sierra Nevada, in the watershed area of the Feather and American rivers. They also reside in Humbug Valley. In Maiduan languages, Maidu means "man." - Wikipedia, Encyclopedua of Native Tribes of North America. 

"I feel that writing is an act of survival. But there is more than my own survival that is at stake. These days I feel a kind of urgency to reconstruct memory, annihilate the slow amnesia of the dominant culture, and reclaim the past as a viable, if painful entity. I think of writing as a way to make questions, ponder, meditate, dream, and locate powerful truths that may enrich the imagination and deepen our desire to affirm life." - Janice Gould 

Poems - Coyotismo (pg 52)