Miwok
Sign in to saveThe Miwok (also spelled Miwuk, Mi-Wuk, or Me-Wuk) are members of four linguistically related Native American groups indigenous to what is now Northern California, extending to Central California. They traditionally spoke one of the Miwok languages in the Utian family. The word Miwok means people in the Miwok languages.
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- Miwok map-01.svg
- Ethnic group.population
- 1770: over 11,0001910: 6701930: 4912000: 3,500
- Ethnic group.popplace
- California: Sierra Nevada Mountains, Central Valley, Marin County, Sonoma County, Lake County, Contra Costa County
- Ethnic group.langs
- Miwok languages
- Ethnic group.rels
- Shamanism: KuksuMiwok mythology
- Ethnic group.related
- Subgroups: Plains & Sierra Miwok Coast Miwok Lake Miwok Bay Miwok
- Ethnic group.group
- Miwok
- Ethnic group.image_caption
- Historical distribution of Miwok peoples in California
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The Miwok (also spelled Miwuk, Mi-Wuk, or Me-Wuk) are members of four linguistically related Native American groups indigenous to what is now Northern California, extending to Central California. They traditionally spoke one of the Miwok languages in the Utian family. The word Miwok means people in the Miwok languages.
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