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  2. Ahwahnechee - Wikipedia

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    Chief Teneiya (d. 1853) was a leader in Yosemite Valley. His father was Ahwahnechee. [4] He led his band away from Yosemite to settle with Paiutes in eastern California. [11] Tenaya has descendants living today. The U.S. federal government evicted Yosemite Native people from the park in 1851, 1906, 1929, and 1969. [12]

  3. Plains and Sierra Miwok - Wikipedia

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    When encountered by immigrants of European descent, the neighboring Southern Sierra Miwok tribe referred to the Yosemite Valley residents as "killers". [15] It is from this reference and a confusion over the word for "grizzly bear" that Bunnell named the valley Yosemite. The native residents called the valley awahni. Today, there is some debate ...

  4. California land to be returned to Yurok Tribe - AOL

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    For Sams, the first Native American to lead the agency, the partnership is personal. "We've been writing our histories separately. There's been the native history and then the American history.

  5. History of the Yosemite area - Wikipedia

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    Humans may have lived in the Yosemite area as long as 8,000 to 10,000 years ago. [1] Habitation of the Yosemite Valley proper can be traced to about 3,000 years ago, when vegetation and game in the region was similar to that present today; the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada had acorns, deer, and salmon, while the eastern Sierra had pinyon nuts and obsidian. [2]

  6. 'The lakes are alive again': These frogs are back from near ...

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    The jewel-like lakes of the High Sierra in Yosemite National Park are awe-inspiring sights. But for more than a hundred years they've also been biologically disrupted, stocked each year with non ...

  7. Native Americans go missing at alarming rates ... - AOL

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    In 2023 alone, the FCC said, more than 188,000 adults went missing but didn’t qualify for an AMBER alert because they were 18 or older. FBI data shows about 3,200 of them were Native American ...

  8. Miwok - Wikipedia

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    Barrett, S.A. and Gifford, E.W. Miwok Material Culture: Indian Life of the Yosemite Region. Yosemite Association, Yosemite National Park, California, 1933. ISBN 0-939666-12-X; Cook, Sherburne. The Conflict Between the California Indian and White Civilization. Berkeley and Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press, 1976. ISBN 0-520-03143-1.

  9. Native Americans want to see more action behind Biden ... - AOL

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    President Biden’s historic apology on Friday to tribal nations for the U.S. government’s Native American boarding school policy has sparked celebration through the communities, along with some ...