Topics in Chukchansi Yokuts phonology and morphology. San Joaquin Valley was originally inhabited by the Yokuts and Miwok peoples. These tribes include the Ohlone, Patwin, Miwok, Yokuts, and Wappo. The land was occupied for thousands of years by the Yokuts. It is known as The Chukchansi Yokuts Revitalization Project. The Chumash were hunter-gatherers, fishermen, and also traders with the Mojave, Yokuts, and Tongva Indians. Latta also continued his research into the Yokuts. Ohlone, Bay Miwok, and Northern Valley Yokuts. Most Yokuts dialects are extinct, as noted above. Kroeber estimated the population of the Yokuts in 1910 as 600. The relationship and similarity to Yokuts traditional narratives is also evident. The Yokuts had once numbered about 70,000. The Picayune Rancheria of the Chukchansi Indians is affiliated to Chukchansi Yokuts culture. Alfred L. Kroeber in 1925 put the 1770 population of the Yokuts at 18,000. The traditional language of the tribe is the Tachi Yokuts dialect of Valley Yokuts.