Miwok
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The Miwok 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.
Painting of Sierra Miwok at the Mariposa Indian Encampment, Yosemite Valley by Albert Bierstadt
1872 photograph of Southern Miwok council in Yosemite Valley
Benjamin Barry (Miwok), World War II veteran and fire chief in parade dress
Miwok sweat lodge in Yosemite Valley
Stanislaus River
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The Stanislaus River is a tributary of the San Joaquin River in north-central California in the United States. The main stem of the river is 96 miles (154 km) long, and measured to its furthest headwaters it is about 150 miles (240 km) long. Originating as three forks in the high Sierra Nevada, the river flows generally southwest through the agricultural San Joaquin Valley to join the San Joaquin south of Manteca, draining parts of five California counties. The Stanislaus is known for its swift rapids and scenic canyons in the upper reaches, and is heavily used for irrigation, hydroelectricity and domestic water supply.
Stanislaus River at the historic covered bridge in Knights Ferry
Stanislaus River at Camp Nine, near the confluence of the North and Middle Forks.
Kennedy Lake, near the headwaters of the Middle Fork, seen from Leavitt Peak (11,525 ft (3,513 m)) in the Emigrant Wilderness
The Stanislaus River canyon at the Dardanelles area, where Donnells Lake reservoir is today, was formed by glaciation during the Ice Ages.