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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]
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]
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 ...
Indigenous people have often been erased from the country’s historical record — a survey from the National Congress of American Indians found that 87% of state history standards don’t ...
Tenaya's father was a leader of the Ahwahnechee people (or Awahnichi). [1] The Ahwahneechee had become a tribe distinct from the other tribes in the area. Lafayette Bunnell, the doctor of the Mariposa Battalion, wrote that "Ten-ie-ya was recognized, by the Mono tribe, as one of their number, as he was born and lived among them until his ambition made him a leader and founder of the Paiute ...
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Here’s the latest about Yosemite’s beloved Mariposa Grove, including a “magical moment” with a bear there.
Savage took part in the later part of the Mexican–American War's California Campaign till April 1847. In the California Battalion, he learned some local languages from the Native Army Scouts. With these new language skills, he set up a trading post in the San Joaquin Valley as he lived with local Indian tribes. local Indian tribes called him ...