Awaswas
English
Noun
Awaswas pl (plural only)
- One of eight divisions of the Ohlone Native American people of northern California.
Proper noun
Awaswas
- The spoken language of this people, an Ohlone dialect in the Utian family.
Synonyms
- Santa Cruz
References
- Kroeber, Alfred L. 1925. Handbook of the Indians of California. Washington, D.C: Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin No. 78.
- Teixeira, Lauren. The Costanoan/Ohlone Indians of the San Francisco and Monterey Bay Area, A Research Guide. Menlo Park, CA: Ballena Press Publication, 1997. →ISBN.
Further reading
- Ethnologue entry for Awaswas ("Santa Cruz"), cst
