Miwok

[ mee-wok ]

noun

, plural Mi·woks, (especially collectively) Mi·wok

1. a member of an American Indian people formerly living in several noncontiguous areas of California north of San Francisco Bay and eastward from the San Joaquin-Sacramento delta to the Sierras.
2. any of the Penutian languages spoken by the Miwok.

Example Sentences

One informant ascribed the source of Pomo bear doctor knowledge to the Lake Miwok, to the south.

From Project Gutenberg

The Miwok relate how a man was hunting in the chaparral south of the Stanislaus when a bear appeared and asked what he was doing.

From Project Gutenberg

The visitors of the 18th and 21st would be Bodega Coast Miwok.

From Project Gutenberg

The Pohinichi should be excluded since they have already been considered in connection with the southern Miwok.

From Project Gutenberg

The average of the population calculated by the two methods is 2,008, very close to that found for the central Miwok.

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