Miwok
English
Alternative forms
- Miwuk, Mewuk
Etymology
Miwok means "the people" in the native Utian language.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈmiwɑk/
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmiːwɒk/
Noun
Miwok (plural Miwoks or Miwok)
- A member of a linguistic group of indigenous people, native to central California.
Proper noun
Miwok
- The Utian (Penutian) languages spoken by these groups.
Quotations
- 1925, Kroeber, Alfred, Handbook of Indians of California, Washington, D.C: Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin No. 78. (Chapter 30):
- The Miwok pound acorns with pestles […]
Derived terms
Derived terms
- Bay Miwok
- Bodega Miwok
- Coast Miwok
- Lake Miwok
- Marin Miwok
- Miwokan
- Plains Miwok
- Sierra Miwok
- Valley Miwok
References
- 1925, Kroeber, Alfred L. Handbook of the Indians of California. Washington, D.C: Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin No. 78. (Chapter 30, The Miwok); available at Yosemite Online Library.
- 1976, Cook, Sherburne, The Conflict Between the California Indian and White Civilization. Berkeley and Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press, 1976. →ISBN.
- 2004/6, Access Genealogy.com, Indian Tribal records, Miwok Indian Tribe (Online).
Further reading
- Native Tribes, Groups, Language Families and Dialects of California in 1770 (map after Kroeber)
- Ethnologue entry for Bay Miwok, mkq
- Ethnologue entry for Plains Miwok, pmw
- Ethnologue entry for Central Sierra Miwok, csm
- Ethnologue entry for Northern Sierra Miwok, nsq
- Ethnologue entry for Southern Sierra Miwok, skd
- Ethnologue entry for Coast Miwok, csi
- Ethnologue entry for Lake Miwok, lmw