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The Ahwahnechee, Awani, or Awalache were an Indigenous people of California who historically lived in the Yosemite Valley. [2] They were a band of Mono [ 2 ] and Miwok People . The Awani people's heritage can be found all over Yosemite National Park .
Today, there is some debate about the original meaning of the word, since the Southern Miwok language is virtually extinct, but recent Southern Miwok speakers defined it as "place like a gaping mouth." Those living in awahni were known as the Awahnichi (also spelled Awani, Ahwahnechee, and similar variants), meaning "people who live in awahni".
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]
Ahwahnechee, the Ahwahnee people of the Yosemite Valley, a Native American people of California, United States; See also. All pages with titles beginning with ...
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The Ahwahnee is a grand hotel [3] in Yosemite National Park, California, on the floor of Yosemite Valley.It was built by the Yosemite Park and Curry Company and opened for business in 1927.
The Ahwahnee post office opened in 1893 to 1896. [7] The name, "Ahwahnee", is derived from the Southern Sierra Miwok word awwo, which in English means "mouth". [8] The Gertrude post office was transferred to and renamed "Ahwahnee" in 1900, closed in 1907, and re-opened in 1917.
Wiskala (also, Wis-kul-la and Wisoulla) is a former Awani settlement in Mariposa County, California. [1] It was located at the foot of Royal Arches in Yosemite Valley ...