Plains and Sierra Miwok
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The Plains and Sierra Miwok were once the largest group of California Indian Miwok people, Indigenous to California. Their homeland included regions of the Sacramento Valley, San Joaquin Valley, and t
A Sierra Miwok cedar bark umuucha cabin reproduction in Yosemite Valley. The material came from lumbering operations of 19th century miners. Previously the Miwok lived in rounded huts made of brush and mud.
A basket woven by Miwok-Mono Paiute Native American artist Lucy Telles from the Yosemite Valley region
Miwok-Paiute ceremony in 1872 at current site of Yosemite Lodge in Yosemite Valley
Kuksu (religion)
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Kuksu was a religion in Northern California practiced by members within several Indigenous peoples of California before and during contact with the arriving European settlers. The religious belief sys
Plains and Sierra Miwok
…at basketry and continue the traditions today. The original Plains and Sierra Miwok people world view included Shamanism. One form this took was the Kuksu religion that was evident in Central and Northern California, which included elaborate acting and dancing ceremonies in traditional costume, an annual mourning…
Konkow Kuksu ceremony
Maidu Kuksu dancer
Pomo headdress used in Kuksu ceremonies