The following is a list of the northern and central California counties where the tribes represented in these bibliographies are located. Adjacent to each county name are the tribal designations of the California Indians found in that county. Counties designated with an asterisk (*) contain additional tribal groups which are not included in these bibliographies.
- Alameda*
- Yokuts
- Alpine
- Northern Paiute; Sierra Miwok; Washo
- Amador
- Nisenan; Plains Miwok; Sierra Miwok; Washo
- Butte
- Konkow; Maidu; Nisenan; Patwin; Yahi/Yana
- Calaveras
- Plains Miwok; Sierra Miwok; Yokuts
- Colusa
- Patwin; Yuki
- Contra Costa*
- Bay Miwok; Yokuts
- Del Norte
- Athapaskan; Klamath; Tolowa; Yurok
- El Dorado
- Nisenan; Plains Miwok; Sierra Miwok; Washo
- Fresno
- Mono; Northern Paiute; Yokuts
- Glenn
- Konkow; Maidu; Nomlaki; Patwin
- Humboldt
- Athapaskan; Chilula; Chimariko; Hupa; Karuk; Klamath; Lassik; Mattole; Nongatl; Sinkyone; Wailaki; Whilkut; Wiyot
- Inyo*
- Northern Paiute; Owens Valley Paiute; Shoshone
- Kern*
- Shoshone; Yokuts
- Kings
- Yokuts
- Lake
- Huchnom; Lake Miwok; Patwin; Pomo/Kashaya Pomo; Wappo; Yuki
- Lassen
- Achomawi; Atsugewi; Klamath; Maidu; Northern Paiute; Washo
- Madera
- Mono; Sierra Miwok; Yokuts
- Marin
- Coast Miwok
- Mariposa
- Mono; Sierra Miwok; Yokuts
- Mendocino
- Athapaskan; Huchnom; Kato; Pomo/Kashaya Pomo; Sinkyone; Wailaki; Yuki
- Merced
- Sierra Miwok; Yokuts
- Modoc
- Achomawi; Klamath; Modoc; Northern Paiute
- Mono
- Northern Paiute; Owens Valley Paiute
- Monterey*
- Yokuts
- Napa
- Lake Miwok; Patwin; Wappo
- Nevada
- Konkow; Nisenan; Washo
- Placer
- Nisenan; Washo
- Plumas
- Konkow; Maidu; Nisenan; Washo; Yahi/Yana
- Sacramento
- Bay Miwok; Nisenan; Plains Miwok
- San Benito*
- Yokuts
- San Joaquin
- Plains Miwok; Sierra Miwok; Yokuts
- San Luis Obispo*
- Yokuts
- Santa Clara*
- Yokuts
- Shasta
- Achomawi; Atsugewi; Klamath; Nomlaki; Shasta; Wintu; Yahi/Yana
- Sierra
- Konkow; Maidu; Nisenan; Washo
- Siskiyou
- Achomawi; Karuk; Klamath; Modoc; Shasta; Wintu
- Solano
- Patwin; Plains Miwok
- Sonoma
- Coast Miwok; Patwin; Pomo/Kashaya Pomo; Wappo
- Stanislaus*
- Sierra Miwok; Yokuts
- Sutter
- Patwin; Nisenan
- Tehama
- Konkow; Maidu; Nomlaki; Wintu; Yahi/Yana; Yuki
- Trinity
- Athapaskan; Chimariko; Hupa; Klamath; Lassik; Nomlaki; Nongatl; Shasta; Wailaki; Wintu; Yuki
- Tulare
- Mono; Yokuts
- Tuolumne
- Sierra Miwok
- Yolo
- Patwin
- Yuba
- Konkow; Maidu; Nisenan