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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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
There the tribe has built a senior center and a shaded arbor for its ceremonial gatherings, including the making of “nupa,” the Miwok word for acorn soup.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 23, 2025
Malissa Tayaba, vice chair of the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, said the project would harm the region and her tribe.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2025
For centuries, the Miwok, a people indigenous to Northern California, relied on acorns as a central part of their diet.
From New York Times • May 10, 2024
The villages higher up the river mentioned by Muñoz must have been Central Miwok.
From Colonial Expeditions to the Interior of California Central Valley, 1800-1820 Anthropological Records 16(6):239-292, 1958 by Cook, Sherburne Friend
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