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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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Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Miwok languages (8 P) Pages in category "Miwok culture" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. ...
The Miwok or Miwokan languages (/ ˈ m iː w ɒ k /; [1] North Sierra Miwok: [míwːɨːk]), also known as Moquelumnan or Miwuk, are a group of endangered languages spoken in central California by the Miwok peoples, ranging from the Bay Area to the Sierra Nevada. There are seven Miwok languages, four of which have distinct regional dialects. [2]
The statue’s likeness was inspired by the late Miwok Indian elder and cultural preservationist William J. Franklin, whose legacy of preservation of traditional dances and Miwok culture resonated ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Miwok culture (1 C, 3 P) Miwok people ... Miwok villages (1 P) P. Plains and Sierra Miwok (13 P) Pages in category "Miwok"
The name Miwok comes from the Sierra Miwok word miwwik meaning "people" or "Indians". It was originally used in 1877 for the Plains and Sierra Miwok people, but was later reassigned to its current usage in 1908 to describe the set of Utian languages distinct from the western Coastanoan (Ohlone) languages. [2]
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