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Mi-Wuk Village is a census-designated place (CDP) in Tuolumne County, California, United States. The population was 941 at the 2010 census, down from 1,485 at the 2000 census. It was named after the Miwok Indians by the real estate developer and promoter Harry Hoeffler in 1955. [3] [4] [5]
The United States Bureau of Indian Affairs officially recognizes eleven tribes of Miwok descent in California. They are as follows: Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians [3] California Valley Miwok Tribe, formerly known as the Sheep Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians [4] [5] Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians
The Plains and Sierra Miwok traditionally lived in the western Sierra Nevada between the Fresno River and Cosumnes River, in the eastern Central Valley of California.As well as in the northern Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta region at the confluences of the Cosumnes River, Mokelumne River, and Sacramento River.
Pinecrest Lake, California. Prior to the California Gold Rush of 1848 anthropologists agree that the first inhabitants of Pinecrest were the early bands of native Me-Wuk. [citation needed] History shows that the area which is now Pinecrest was used by the Me-Wuk as a trading ground. Scattered throughout the forest you can still find evidence of ...
A Memorial and Biographical History of the Counties of Merced, Stanislaus, Calaveras, Tuolumne and Mariposa, California. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1892. "Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit: 2005 Pre-Fire Management Plan, September 28, 2005 Edition," California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, Sep 28, 2005, pp. 16.
The Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California is a federally recognized tribe of Miwok people in Tuolumne County, California. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The Chicken Ranch Rancheria Miwok are central Sierra Miwok , an Indigenous people of California .
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Ione Miwok oral history says the tribe comes from the Buena Vista Peaks, south of Ione, California, when the Sacramento Valley was covered by water. [1] European contact came in the 19th century, when Spanish explorers descended upon Miwok lands. They enslaved thousands of Native Americans during the mission system period.