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.

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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

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