Miwok
Americannoun
plural
Miwoks,plural
Miwok-
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.
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any of the Penutian languages spoken by the Miwok.
Example Sentences
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More recently, she attended an intertribal boat race with Wilton Rancheria, Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, and United Auburn Indian Community, thanks to an access agreement with California State Parks.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026
The creation of Yosemite National Park in 1890 gradually pushed out the Southern Sierra Miwok people, also known as the Ahwahneechee.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025
Back before California was settled by Europeans and others, the Miwok and Nisenan subsisted on a hunter-gatherer diet of acorns, venison, salmon, pine nuts, elderberries, and other berries and plants.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 23, 2025
The Miwok who lived in the Sierra Nevada foothills would smash acorns against limestone, leaving holes in the rock over time.
From New York Times • May 10, 2024
It is clear that, in 1579, feathered baskets similar in manufacture and use to the native baskets of today were known in this Coast Miwok area.
From Francis Drake and the California Indians, 1579 by Heizer, Robert F.
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