He had found that he was amassing a large amount of new information about the early Coast Miwoks at Mission Dolores in San Francisco while he was conducting a GGNRA-funded study …

Coast Miwok inhabited the general area of present-day Marin County and southern Sonoma County in Northern California, from the Golden Gate north to Duncans Point and eastward to …

The Coast Miwok viewed mountains like Mt. Tamalpais, Sonoma Mountain, Mount Diablo, and Mount Saint Helena as places of great spiritual power. There were many other places and …

Traditionally, the groups near and on the coast—the Coast, Lake, and Bay Miwok—gathered acorns, fished, and hunted deer and other game with bow and arrow. They lived in …

The first movement of Bay Miwok (including Saclan and Tatcan) to Mission San Francisco occurred in 1794, probably following a drought which affected seed and acorn resources.

The Coast Miwok lived on nature’s abundance, sustaining the land and coastal waters by fishing and hunting only for what was consumed and burning the grasslands after their seed harvest …

Northern branches of the group, known as the Plains Miwok and the Bay Miwok, lived along the Sacramento River and its delta. The Miwok lived in small groups of villages of 100 to 500 …

Some Miwok dances included clowns called Wo'ochi who were painted white and represented coyotes. The Miwok also had the Uzumati or grizzly bear ceremony, where the dancer …

Explore the complex history of the Miwok and Spanish missions, highlighting conflict, adaptation, and cultural exchange in California.

For thousands of years, the Miwok people lived throughout Northern and Central California – spread over a hundred villages along the San Joaquin and Sacramento Rivers and north of …