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Coast Miwok mythology and narratives were similar to those of other natives of Central and Northern California. The Coast Miwok believed in animal and human spirits, and saw the animal spirits as their ancestors. Coyote was seen as their ancestor and creator god. In their stories, the Earth began with land formed out of the Pacific Ocean. [26]
Benjamin Barry (Miwok), World War II veteran and fire chief in parade dress [17] In 1770, there were an estimated 500 Lake Miwok, 1,500 Coast Miwok, and 9,000 Plains and Sierra Miwok, totaling about 11,000 people, according to historian Alfred L. Kroeber, although this may be a serious undercount; for example, he did not identify the Bay Miwok ...
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Ring Mountain is the ancestral home of the Coast Miwok, who maintain deep cultural ties to the land. Ring mountain has been protected as a public open space since 1981, [8] being one of the most culturally significant landscapes in Marin County.
Olompali (Coast Miwok:Õlõmpõ'llï; [citation needed] Spanish: Olómpali) [1] is a former Native American settlement in Marin County, California. [2] It was located 5 miles (8 km) south of Petaluma. [2] Its site now lies within the Olompali State Historic Park.
The Alaguali were a Coast Miwok community of northern San Pablo Bay in the Tolay Creek region. Alaguali lands bordered the north edge of San Pablo Bay and the southern one third of their area was low tidal marshland at the mouth of Sonoma Creek and Napa Slough.
Other Miwok peoples: Coast Miwok, Lake Miwok, and Bay Miwok The Plains and Sierra Miwok were once the largest group of California Indian Miwok people , Indigenous to California . Their homeland included regions of the Sacramento Valley , San Joaquin Valley , and the Sierra Nevada .
The Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, [1] formerly known as the Federated Coast Miwok, is a federally recognized American Indian tribe of Coast Miwok and Southern Pomo Indians. [2] The tribe was officially restored to federal recognition in 2000 by the U.S. government pursuant to the Graton Rancheria Restoration Act. [3] [4]