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Miwok|ˈmiːwɒk, ˈmaɪwɒk|
[Native name.]
A Penutian Indian people of California; a member of this people; also, the language spoken by this people. Also attrib. or as adj.
1877S. Powers in Contrib. N. Amer. Ethnol. III. 346 By much the largest nation in California, both in population and in extent of territory, is the Miwok, whose ancient dominion extended from the snow-line of the Sierra Nevada to the San Joaquin River, and from the Cosumnes to the Fiesno. 1916Univ. California Publ. Amer. Archaeol. & Ethnol. XII. iv. 141 With the Miwok the moiety has no subdivisions. Ibid. 142 That totemic symptoms of one sort or another are present in the Miwok organization cannot be denied. 1949Los Angeles Times 10 Apr. ii. 5/2 The name Yosemite was given to this valley by the Miwoks. 1964Gould & Kolb Dict. Social Sci. 436/1 A Miwok couple about to marry endogamously. 1966C. F. & F. M. Voegelin Map N. Amer. Indian Lang. (caption) Miwok-Costanoan Family 1. Sierra Miwok. 2. Coast-Lake Miwok. 1972Language XLVIII. 847, 6b is given..by Sedlak for..Miwok, Mongol (Dagor),..and Siona. 1973Black Panther 28 Apr. 10/1 He had come to participate in the Tuolumne Acorn Festival, an annual traditional ceremony of his people, the Miwok Indians. |