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Digger Indians

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | 346 words | Copyright

Digger Indians term indiscriminately applied to many Native Americans of the central plateau region of W North America, including tribes in Oregon, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and central California. The name is supposedly derived from the fact that they dug roots for food. It has no ethnological significance and was a term of opprobrium.

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