Me-wuk
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Me-wuk refers to the Northern Sierra Miwok people, a Native American group indigenous to the Sierra Nevada region of California with distinct cultural, linguistic, and historical traditions.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wukchumni | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Native American people
ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ indigenous people ⓘ |
| affectedBy |
United States territorial expansion
ⓘ
surface form:
American westward expansion
Spanish colonization of California ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Northern Sierra Miwok
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northern Sierra Miwok ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Sierra Miwuk
|
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalRegion | California cultural area ⓘ |
| ethnonymLanguage | Miwok languages ⓘ |
| hasArtForm |
body ornamentation with shell beads
ⓘ
decorative basket designs ⓘ |
| hasCulturalPractice |
acorn leaching and cooking
ⓘ
use of controlled burning for land management ⓘ use of obsidian and chert tools ⓘ |
| hasCulturalTradition |
dance ceremonies
ⓘ
oral storytelling ⓘ seasonal ceremonial gatherings ⓘ song traditions ⓘ |
| hasSocialOrganization |
kinship-based bands
ⓘ
village-based communities ⓘ |
| historicalEra | pre-contact North America ⓘ |
| historicalTerritory | foothills of the Sierra Nevada ⓘ |
| indigenousTo |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
Sierra Nevada ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Penutian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Penutian (proposed)
Utian languages ⓘ |
| partOf |
Indigenous peoples of California
ⓘ
surface form:
Native American tribes in California
|
| region | Northern Sierra Nevada ⓘ |
| relatedEthnicGroup |
Bay Miwok
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Coast Miwok NERFINISHED ⓘ Plains Miwok NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Sierra Miwok NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subgroupOf | Miwok people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionalCraft |
basketry
ⓘ
shell bead work ⓘ stone tool making ⓘ |
| traditionalHousing |
bark houses
ⓘ
semi-subterranean earth lodges ⓘ |
| traditionalLanguage | Northern Sierra Miwok language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionalReligion | Native Californian spiritual traditions ⓘ |
| traditionalSubsistence |
acorn processing
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ gathering ⓘ hunting ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
Wukchumni