Shasta or Shastan may refer to:

Native American

Shasta Costa The Shasta Costa (also known as the Chasta Costa, Shastacosta, Chastacosta, Shastao-Skoton, Shista-Kkhwusta or Shistakwasta) are a Native Americans in the United States, Native American tribe, one of Tututni people, Lower Rogue River Athabascan tr ...

, a Native American tribe of southwestern Oregon * Shasta language, extinct language of the Shasta people *

Shasta people The Shastan peoples are a group of linguistically related indigenous peoples from the Klamath Mountains in California and Oregon in the northwestern United States. They traditionally inhabited portions of several regional waterways, including th ...

, a Native American tribe of northern California and southern Oregon *

Shastan languages The Shastan (or Sastean) languages are an extinct language family which consists of four languages, spoken in present-day northern California and southern Oregon: * Shastan ** Konomihu ** New River Shasta ** Okwanuchu ** Shasta (also kno ...

, extinct family of languages

Geography and locations

United States

Shasta, California Shasta is a census-designated place (CDP) in Shasta County, California, United States. Shasta sits at an elevation of . Its population is 1,043 as of the 2020 census, down from 1,771 from the 2010 census. Shasta State Historic Park located at ...

, a former mining town (west of present-day Redding, California), now abandoned * Shasta, Illinois, a ghost town in Illinois *

Mount Shasta, California Mount Shasta (also known as Mount Shasta City) is a city in Siskiyou County, California, United States, at about above sea level on the flanks of Mount Shasta, a prominent northern California landmark. The city is less than southwest of the s ...

, a city located southwest of Mount Shasta *

Mount Shasta Mount Shasta ( ; Shasta people, Shasta: ''Waka-nunee-Tuki-wuki''; Karuk language, Karuk: ''Úytaahkoo'') is a Volcano#Volcanic activity, potentially active stratovolcano at the southern end of the Cascade Range in Siskiyou County, California. A ...

, part of the Cascade Range in California *

Shasta County, California Shasta County (), officially the County of Shasta, is a County (United States), county located in the Northern California, northern portion of the U.S. state of California. Its population is 182,155 as of the 2020 census, up from 177,223 from t ...

, named for the mountain *

Shasta Lake, California The city of Shasta Lake, known as Central Valley or CV prior to incorporation, is a city in Shasta County, California, United States. It is the closest settlement to Shasta Dam and Shasta Lake reservoir, which are popular tourist destinations. ...

, a city near Shasta Lake * Shasta Lake, the reservoir behind Shasta Dam *

Shasta Dam Shasta Dam (called Kennett Dam before its construction) is a concrete arch-gravity dam across the Sacramento River in Northern California in the United States. At high, it is the eighth-tallest dam in the United States. Located at the north e ...

, on the Sacramento River in California *

Shasta River The Shasta River is a tributary of the Klamath River, approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed 9 March 2011 in northern California in the United States. It d ...

, a river near Mount Shasta * Shasta Springs, a former resort on the Sacramento River * Shasta State Historic Park, the current state park at the site of Shasta * State of Shasta, part of an 1854 proposal to partition California into three states

Iran

* Shasta, Iran, a village in Mazandaran Province, Iran *

Shastan, Iran Shestan Olya (, also Romanized as Shestān ‘Olyā; also known as Shastān-e Bālā, Shāshtū, Shastān, and Shishtu) is a village in Safaiyeh Rural District, in the Central District of Zaveh County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran ...

, a village in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran

People

* Shasta Averyhardt, an American golfer on the LPGA * Shasta Groene, a young girl from Coeur d'Alene, Idaho abducted by Joseph E. Duncan III

Products

* Shasta (drink), a soft drink brand * Shasta, a former Procter & Gamble shampoo brand *

Shasta travel trailers Shasta travel trailers were recreational vehicles originally built between 1941 and 2004. Founded by industry pioneer Robert Gray, the firm was originally situated in a small factory in Los Angeles, California Los Angeles, often referred to ...

, an American brand built between 1941–2004

Arts, entertainment, and media

Shasta (Narnia) Shasta, later known as Cor of Archenland, is a fictional character in C. S. Lewis' '' Chronicles of Narnia''. He is the principal character in the fifth book published in the series, '' The Horse and His Boy''. The book's events, however, are c ...

, the main character in C. S. Lewis' novel ''The Horse and His Boy'' (1954) * "Shasta", the seventh track on singer-songwriter Vienna Teng's album ''

Warm Strangers ''Warm Strangers'' is singer-songwriter Vienna Teng's second album. Track listing #Feather Moon – 4:06 #Harbor – 4:24 #Hope on Fire – 4:26 #Shine – 2:39 #Mission Street – 4:32 #My Medea – 4:09 #Shasta (Carrie's Song) – 3:29 #Hom ...

'' (2004) * "Shasta Beast", the twelfth track on the Eagles of Death Metal release ''

Death by Sexy ''Death by Sexy'' is the second album by the American rock group Eagles of Death Metal. It was rumoured to be released in summer 2005 but was pushed back to be released in the United States on April 11, 2006. It was released in Europe on July 3, ...

'' (2006) * Shasta Fay Hepworth, major character in the Paul Thomas Anderson film ''

Inherent Vice ''Inherent Vice'' is a novel by the American author Thomas Pynchon, originally published on August4, 2009. A darkly comic detective novel set in 1970s California, the plot follows sleuth Larry "Doc" Sportello whose ex-girlfriend asks him to i ...

'' (2014), based on Thomas Pynchon's eponymous novel * ''

Shasta McNasty ''Shasta McNasty'' (later retitled ''Shasta'') is an American sitcom that aired on UPN from October 5, 1999, to August 1, 2000. The show was created by Jeff Eastin and produced by Eastin and Neal H. Moritz. The show starred Carmine Giovinaz ...

'', a television sitcom on UPN. The name was shortened to ''Shasta'' before season one ended. * ''

Shasta of the Wolves ''Shasta of the Wolves'' is a feral child novel by British-born American children's author Olaf Baker. The novel was originally published in 1919 by Dodd, Mead and Company with illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull, and was reprinted a num ...

'', a 1919 feral child novel and its title character by Olaf Baker * Shasta, a Siberian Husky in ''

Snow Buddies ''Snow Buddies'' is a 2008 American adventure comedy film and the second installment in the '' Air Buddies'' series. It was released on DVD on February 5, 2008. The film takes place in the fictional town of Ferntiuktuk, Alaska. It is the final ...

'' * Shasta Sam, American card game of the German Tarok group

Other uses

Shasta (deity) Shasta (IAST Śāstā) is a Hindu deity, described as the son of the deities Shiva and Mohini, Vishnu's female avatar. In South India, he is identified with the Ayyanar, Nattarayan or Sattan in Tamil Nadu, as Ayyanayake in Sinhala and the A ...

, a Hindu deity *

Shasta (mascot) Shasta is the mascot of the University of Houston athletics teams, the Houston Cougars. The name "Shasta" refers to both a live and an anthropomorphic costumed cougar mascot. History The origin of Shasta dates back to 1927 when John R. Bende ...

, the name of the University of Houston's mascot * SHASTA, the callsign for

Lynx Aviation Lynx Aviation, Inc. was a regional airline based in Denver, Colorado, United States. The airline began as a sister company to, and operated feeder service for, Frontier Airlines. The Lynx name played off of the tail pictures of its planes, specif ...

, based in Denver, Colorado * '' Leucanthemum × superbum'' or Shasta daisy, a flower * Shasta Publishers, a 1950s US science fiction publishing imprint * USS ''Shasta'', either of two ammunition replenishment ships of the United States Navy {{disambiguation, geo, given name