Miwok

English Alternative forms en Miwuk, en Mewuk Etymology Miwok means "the people" in the native en nai-utn language. Pronunciation en /ˈmiwɑk/ US en /ˈmiːwɒk/ UK Noun s * A member of a linguistic group of indigenous people, native to central California. 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 Proper noun The Utian (Penutian) languages spoken by these groups. Derived terms en 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. 0-520-03143-1. 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) Bay Miwok mkq Plains Miwok pmw Central Sierra Miwok csm Northern Sierra Miwok nsq Southern Sierra Miwok skd Coast Miwok csi Lake Miwok lmw en Ethnonyms Languages Native American tribes