Miwok
Americannoun
plural
Miwoks,plural
Miwok-
a member of an American Indian people formerly living in several noncontiguous areas of California north of San Francisco Bay and eastward from the San Joaquin-Sacramento delta to the Sierras.
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any of the Penutian languages spoken by the Miwok.
Example Sentences
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The creation of Yosemite National Park in 1890 gradually pushed out the Southern Sierra Miwok people, also known as the Ahwahneechee.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025
Staff detailed Spanish missionaries exploiting the work of Indigenous people in the Bay Area to build California missions and congressional actions stripping Coast Miwok people of title to their ancestral lands, including Muir Woods.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2025
The Miwok who lived in the Sierra Nevada foothills would smash acorns against limestone, leaving holes in the rock over time.
From New York Times • May 10, 2024
Members of the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians say poor water quality in the Delta now hinders their ability to carry out their cultural and spiritual practices, including ceremonies held in the water.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2023
Habitat areas 5A-6B: the Yokuts, part of the Mono, and the Southern Miwok.
From The Aboriginal Population of the San Joaquin Valley, California by Cook, Sherburne F.
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