pomos
Pomos can refer to multiple concepts, depending on the context. In ethnography and linguistics, the term most often points to the Pomo, a group of Indigenous peoples of Northern California, along with their Pomoan languages. The Pomo peoples comprise several culturally distinct communities who historically inhabited a broad region along the northern California coast and inland valleys. They are noted for intricate basketry and rich social traditions. The groups include Northern Pomo, Central Pomo, Eastern Pomo, Southern Pomo and other named communities. Following contact with European colonizers and later U.S. authorities, Pomo communities faced population decline and disruption of traditional lifeways, but contemporary tribes engage in cultural revival and language restoration efforts. Pomo languages belong to the Pomoan language family, a small, geographically concentrated group of related tongues. Today many Pomoan languages are endangered, with few fluent speakers, though revitalization programs and documentation projects are underway.
In productivity and time-management contexts, pomos is a common shorthand for pomodoros, the work intervals used