The Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians is a federally recognized tribe of Miwok people in Tuolumne County, California. The Tuolumne Band are central Sierra Miwok people. Annually, in September, the tribe
A Tuolumne boy stands next to several acorn silos, 1937
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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.
Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians
…California. The Tuolumne Band are central Sierra Miwok people. Annually, in September, the tribe holds an acorn festival and intertribal gathering. Awani descendants from Yosemite Valley are also enrolled in the Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians. The Tuolumne Band is headquartered in Tuolumne, California…
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