Plains Miwok

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Native American people indigenous people of California

Plains Miwok are a Native American people of central California, traditionally inhabiting the lower Sacramento Valley and known for their distinct Miwokan language and cultural practices.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Plains Miwok canonical	14
Plains Miwok language	6

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Native American people ⓘ indigenous people of California ⓘ
colonialHistory	experienced population decline after European contact ⓘ impacted by Spanish missions in California ⓘ subject to Mexican land grant era pressures ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalArea	California cultural area ⓘ
culturalRevitalization	cultural preservation programs ⓘ language documentation efforts ⓘ
currentStatus	federally recognized descendants in several California tribes ⓘ
descendantCommunity	Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians ⓘ Sheep Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians ⓘ Wilton Rancheria ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroupOf	Plains Miwok self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Plains Miwok language
languageFamily	Miwokan languages ⓘ Utian languages ⓘ
linguisticStatus	few or no native speakers remaining ⓘ language severely endangered ⓘ
materialCulture	stone and bone tools ⓘ use of tule reeds for boats and houses ⓘ
neighboringGroup	Nisenan ⓘ Northern Valley Yokuts ⓘ Patwin ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup	Bay Miwok ⓘ Coast Miwok ⓘ Lake Miwok ⓘ Sierra Miwok ⓘ
state	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California
subgroupOf	Miwok people ⓘ
traditionalCeremony	Kuksu dances ⓘ world renewal ceremonies ⓘ
traditionalCraft	basketry ⓘ tule mat weaving ⓘ
traditionalEconomy	trade with neighboring tribes ⓘ
traditionalHousing	semi-subterranean earth lodges ⓘ thatched tule houses ⓘ
traditionalRegion	Calaveras River area ⓘ Sacramento Valley ⓘ surface form: Cosumnes River area Mokelumne River area ⓘ Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta ⓘ surface form: Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta area Central California ⓘ surface form: central California Sacramento Valley ⓘ surface form: lower Sacramento Valley
traditionalReligion	Kuksu religious system ⓘ
traditionalSocialOrganization	tribelets ⓘ village-based political units ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence	fishing ⓘ gathering acorns ⓘ gathering seeds and roots ⓘ hunting ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Southern Sierra Miwok → relatedEthnicGroup → Plains Miwok ⓘ

Miwok languages → hasSubgroup → Plains Miwok ⓘ

Miwok languages → hasLanguage → Plains Miwok ⓘ

Northern Sierra Miwok → relatedEthnicGroup → Plains Miwok ⓘ

Plains Miwok → ethnolinguisticGroupOf → Plains Miwok self-linksurface differs ⓘ