Miwok
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For other uses, see Miwok (disambiguation).
The Miwok (also spelled Miwuk, Mi-Wuk, or Me-Wuk) are members of four linguistically related Native American groups Indigenous to what is now Northern California, who traditionally spoke one of the Miwok languages in the Utian family. The word Miwok means people in the Miwok languages.
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Total population | |
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1770: over 11,000 1910: 670 1930: 491 current: 3,500[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
California: Sierra Nevada Mountains, Central Valley, Marin County, Sonoma County, Lake County, Contra Costa County | |
Languages | |
Miwok languages | |
Religion | |
Shamanism: Kuksu Miwok mythology | |
Related ethnic groups | |
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