The Miwok lived in small bands without centralized political authority before contact with European Americans in 1769. They had domesticated dogs and cultivated tobacco, but were otherwise …

Traditionally, the groups near and on the coast—the Coast, Lake, and Bay Miwok—gathered acorns, fished, and hunted deer and other game with bow and arrow. They lived in …

The California Valley Miwok Tribe is a federally recognized native sovereign nation located in La Grange, California.

The Miwok people are members of four linguistically related Native American groups indigenous to Northern California. Also spelled Miwuk, Mi-Wuk, or Me-Wuk, they traditionally spoke one of …

Apr 5, 2017 · The Miwok ( meaning ‘people’ or ‘person’) are aboriginal members of four Native American tribal groups associated philologically. They originally belonged to the region that we …

The Miwok possess an understanding of the resources that are available to them, and they have passed that knowledge down from generation to generation. For centuries, the Miwok caught …

The Miwok, also called the Eastern Miwok, lived mostly along the foothills of the Sierras, and up into the mountains below the line of heavy winter snows. Northern branches of the group, …

Miwok (pronounced MEE-wock or MEE-wuk). The name is derived from míwûk, the Central Miwok word for “people.” It is sometimes spelled Me-Wuk, Mewuk, or Meewoc. The Lake …

Mar 12, 2025 · Planning a trip to the Sierra Nevada? Learn a bit about the Miwok people of the Sierra Nevada — the region’s original stewards — and deepen your connection to the land.

Aug 18, 2025 · Before the Europeans came to California, the Coast Miwok people were the inhabitants of what we now call Marin and southern Sonoma Counties. They knew and …