Members of four linguistically related Native American groups
Ethnic group
Miwok
Historical distribution of Miwok peoples in California
Total population
1770: over 11,000 1910: 670 1930: 491 current: 3,500[1]
Regions with significant populations
California: Sierra Nevada Mountains, Central Valley, Marin County, Sonoma County, Lake County, Contra Costa County
Languages
Miwok languages
Religion
Shamanism: Kuksu Miwok mythology
Related ethnic groups
Subgroups:
Plains & Sierra Miwok
Coast Miwok
Lake Miwok
Bay Miwok
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, who traditionally spoke one of the Miwok languages in the Utian family. The word Miwok means people in the Miwok languages.
^"Miwok" Archived 2009-03-11 at the Wayback Machine, California Indians and Reservations, San Diego State University, Library, accessed 30 Jun 2010
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