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  2. Miwok mythology - Wikipedia

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    Miwok myths suggest their spiritual and philosophical world view. In several different creation stories collected from Miwok people, Coyote was seen as their ancestor and creator god , sometimes with the help of other animals, forming the earth and making people out of humble materials like feathers or twigs.

  3. Miwok - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  4. Bay Miwok - Wikipedia

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    The original Bay Miwok people's world view was a form of Shamanism.As they were centrally located along an arc of Miwok-speaking groups across Central California, the Bay Miwok probably shared the Kuksu religion ceremonial motifs common to both the Coast Miwok to the west and Plains Miwok to the east.

  5. Lake Miwok - Wikipedia

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    The original Lake Miwok people world view included Shamanism, one form this took was the Kuksu religion that was evident in Central and Northern California, which included elaborate acting and dancing ceremonies in traditional costume, an annual mourning ceremony, puberty rites of passage, shamanic intervention with the spirit world and an all-male society that met in subterranean dance rooms.

  6. Coast Miwok - Wikipedia

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    Coast Miwok people's world view included animism, and one form this took was the Kuksu religion that was evident in Central and Northern California. This included elaborate acting and dancing ceremonies in traditional costume, an annual mourning ceremony, puberty rites of passage , shamanic intervention with the spirit world and an all-male ...

  7. Plains and Sierra Miwok - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. Category:Miwok culture - Wikipedia

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    Kuksu (religion) M. Miwok mythology This page was last edited on 22 June 2024, at 00:33 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...

  9. Mythologies of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas

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    Olmec religion – an ancient Central American people of south-central Mexico, in the present-day states of Veracruz and Tabasco. Purépecha religion – a Central American people centered around Lake Pátzcuaro. Talamancan mythology – combined mythologies of the Bribri and Cabécar peoples of the Talamanca region in Costa Rica.