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Coast Miwok mythology and narratives were similar to those of other natives of Central and Northern California. The Coast Miwok believed in animal and human spirits, and saw the animal spirits as their ancestors. Coyote was seen as their ancestor and creator god. In their stories, the Earth began with land formed out of the Pacific Ocean. [26]
Tsupu (c. 1815 –1890), also known as Wild Cucumber, Maria Chekka, and Maria Chica, [1] was a Coast Miwok elder. She was the last native of the ancient village of Petaluma, [2] which was east of the Petaluma River and about three and a half miles northeast of the present city of Petaluma, California. [1]
The Museum of the American Indian (formerly the Marin Museum of the American Indian) was founded in 1967 and is located in Novato, California, U.S. Situated on the site of a former Coast Miwok settlement. [1] The museum is within the 35 acres (14 ha) of Miwok Park in northern Marin County.
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 ...
Southern Sierra Miwok is a member of the Miwok language family. The Miwok languages are a part of the larger Utian family. The original territory of the Southern Sierra Miwok people is similar to modern day Mariposa County, California. The Southern Sierra Miwok language is nearly extinct with only a few speakers existing today. [2]
Coast Miwok traditional narratives include myths, legends, tales, and oral histories preserved by the Coast Miwok people of the central California coast immediately north of San Francisco Bay. Coast Miwok oral literature shares many characteristics of central California narratives, including that of their linguistic kinsmen the Lake , Plains ...
A marine coastal ecosystem is a marine ecosystem which occurs where the land meets the ocean. Worldwide there is about 620,000 kilometres (390,000 mi) of coastline. Coastal habitats extend to the margins of the continental shelves, occupying about 7 percent of the ocean surface area.
Other Miwok peoples: Coast Miwok, Lake Miwok, and Bay Miwok The Plains and Sierra Miwok were once the largest group of California Indian Miwok people , Indigenous to California . Their homeland included regions of the Sacramento Valley , San Joaquin Valley , and the Sierra Nevada .