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1 The Miwok A Central California Coast
By Keyana Martin

2 The Miwok Do many people now about the Miwok ? Now many people do will. The Miwok lives in Central California Coast. The Miwok lived in Marin county Lake. They lived north of San Francisco. They also lived in the East from clear lake to pope valley. The Miwok lived in Sierra Nevada Mountains and Sierra Mountain. There are many thing that you could learn like there homes ,food and the jobs and clothing celebration and Interesting Facts.

3 Miwok Homes Do you now where the Miwok Tribe lived? The Miwok lived in the Pacific ocean, beaches and bays bordered the coast Miwok homeland. They had afire pit in the center of their home to make food warm. They lived in round mutt-family-homes. They built a house over a pit and used poles as the framework. They covered the frames with brush leaves, and there cup holes. On top Eastern Miwok lived cone-shaped homes made of long strips of bark. Lastly, they covered the sides with grass.

4 Miwok Food Do you now what the Miwok ate? They ate seafood, clams and mussels. They roasted Grasshopper's. They used nets to catch and bones hooks to catch their food. They caught Bows and arrows and slingshots deer, elk, rabbits and birds. They ate lots of acorns. They also ate seeds as well.

5 Miwok jobs Did you now what kind of jobs they do? Miwok hunted with bows and arrows. Woman gathered the food and plants. Woman prepared the meat. Men hunted deer, elk, rabbit, and birds such as quail and geese.

6 Miwok Clothing What kind did the Miwok wear? The Miwok wear fur robes. They also wore woven rabbit fur blankets. For special occasions, men wore hair nets. The Miwok also wore necklaces and ear jewels male from bones or shells.

7 Miwok celebration What kind of celebration did the Miwok have? They had Grizzly bear ceremonies to celebration their spirits. They polished the cubes by rubbing them on rocks. They made the shells into beads and pendants. They decorated these corn baskets.

8 Miwok Interesting Facts
Here are some Interesting Facts. They stored the dried meat and fish to eat during the winter. They pounded the acorns into meal which could be made into mush or bread.

9 The great Miwok The Miwok was a very great tribe. I hope you can learn more about the Miwoks.


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