The Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians of California is a federally recognized tribe of indigenous people of California, affiliated with the Chukchansi subgroup of the Foothills Yokuts. The Pica
Photo of Chukchansi woman
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The Ahwahnechee, Awani, or Awalache were an Indigenous people of California who historically lived in the Yosemite Valley. They were a band of Mono and Miwok People.
Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians
…a period of federal non-recognition and land loss until their federal recognition was reinstated in 1983, although they initially remained landless. Awani descendants from Yosemite Valley are also enrolled in the Picayune Rancheria. In recent years, the Chukchansi have worked to reclaim their heritage and…
Painting of a "Mariposa Indian Encampment, Yosemite Valley, California" by Albert Bierstadt, ca. 1872
Replica of a cedar bark umuucha in Yosemite Valley
Chief George Dick, a Yosemite Paiute