Coast Miwok

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California Indian group Indigenous people Native American tribe

The Coast Miwok are an Indigenous people of what is now Marin and southern Sonoma counties in Northern California, known for their rich cultural traditions, coastal village life, and deep ties to the region’s land and waterways.

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Surface form Occurrences
Coast Miwok language 3

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf California Indian group ⓘ
Indigenous people ⓘ
Native American tribe ⓘ
affectedBy Spanish missions in California ⓘ
surface form: Spanish mission system
archaeologicalCulture Shellmound-building tradition around San Francisco Bay ⓘ
colonizedBy Spanish Empire ⓘ
contemporaryActivities cultural revitalization ⓘ
land stewardship projects ⓘ
language documentation ⓘ
culturalRegion California cultural area ⓘ
surface form: California culture area
experienced land dispossession in the 19th century ⓘ
population decline after European contact ⓘ
federallyRecognizedTribe Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria ⓘ
languageFamily Penutian languages ⓘ
surface form: Penutian language phylum

Utian languages ⓘ
missionizationAt Mission San Francisco de Asís ⓘ
Mission San Rafael Arcángel ⓘ
nativeTo Marin County ⓘ
surface form: Marin County, California

Northern California ⓘ
Sonoma County, California ⓘ
surface form: southern Sonoma County, California
practicedCeremony Kuksu dances ⓘ
seasonal ceremonies ⓘ
recognizedAs part of Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria ⓘ
region California coast ⓘ
relatedGroup Bay Miwok ⓘ
Lake Miwok ⓘ
Sierra Miwok ⓘ
religion Kuksu religion ⓘ
surface form: Kuksu religious system

animism ⓘ
sharesTribeWith Southern Pomo ⓘ
subgroupOf Miwok people ⓘ
surface form: Miwok peoples
traditionalCraft basketry ⓘ
shell bead making ⓘ
stone tool production ⓘ
traditionalFood acorn mush ⓘ
deer ⓘ
rabbits ⓘ
salmon ⓘ
seaweed ⓘ
seeds and nuts ⓘ
shellfish ⓘ
waterfowl ⓘ
traditionalHousing cone-shaped tule houses ⓘ
redwood plank houses ⓘ
traditionalLanguage Coast Miwok self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Coast Miwok language
traditionalPoliticalOrganization village-based leadership ⓘ
traditionalSettlementPattern small villages near bays and streams ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence acorn processing ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
marine resource harvesting ⓘ
traditionalTerritoryIncludes Point Reyes National Seashore ⓘ
surface form: Point Reyes Peninsula

San Pablo Bay shores ⓘ
Tomales Bay ⓘ
usedMaterial abalone shells ⓘ
clam shells ⓘ
obsidian ⓘ
redwood ⓘ
tule reeds ⓘ
usedWatercraft tule balsas ⓘ

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

Miwok languages → hasLanguage → Coast Miwok ⓘ
this entity surface form: Coast Miwok language
Miwok languages → hasSubgroup → Coast Miwok ⓘ
Pomo → neighboringPeople → Coast Miwok ⓘ
Plains Miwok → relatedEthnicGroup → Coast Miwok ⓘ
Miwok people → subgroup → Coast Miwok ⓘ
Coast Miwok → traditionalLanguage → Coast Miwok self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Coast Miwok language
Miwok people → traditionalLanguage → Coast Miwok ⓘ
this entity surface form: Coast Miwok language