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)

1. A member of a linguistic group of indigenous people, native to central California.

Proper noun

Miwok

1. 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 ⁠