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Etymology
Miwok means "the people" in the native Utian language.
Alternative spellings
Miwuk, Mewuk
Proper noun
en-proper noun
#A linguistic group of indigenous people, native to central California.
#The Utian (Penutian) languages spoken by these groups.
Quotations
1925, Kroeber, Alfred, Handbook of Indians of California, Washington, D.C: Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin No. 78. (Chapter 30):
:"The Miwok pound acorns with pestles...."
Derived terms
Bay Miwok
Bodega Miwok
Coast Miwok
Lake Miwok
Marin Miwok
Miwokan
Plains Miwok
Sierra Miwok
Valley Miwok
External links
Native Tribes, Groups, Language Families and Dialects of California in 1770 (map after Kroeber)
ethnologue|langBay Miwok|codemkq
ethnologue|langPlains Miwok|codepmw
ethnologue|langCentral Sierra Miwok|codecsm
ethnologue|langNorthern Sierra Miwok|codensq
ethnologue|langSouthern Sierra Miwok|codeskd
ethnologue|langCoast Miwok|codecsi
ethnologue|langLake Miwok|codelmw
References
1925, Kroeber, Alfred L. Handbook of the Indians of California. Washington, D.C: Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin No. 78. (Chapter 30, The Miwok); available at Yosemite Online Library.
1976, Cook, Sherburne, The Conflict Between the California Indian and White Civilization. Berkeley and Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press, 1976. ISBN 0-520-03143-1.
2004/6, Access Genealogy.com, Indian Tribal records, Miwok Indian Tribe (Online).
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