Miwok People

Brief History
The Miwok Indians reside in north-central California, from the coast to the west slope of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. There are three divisions of the tribe -- the Coast Miwok, the Lake Miwok, and the Sierra Mewuk. Traditionally, the Coast Miwok lived along the Pacific Coast, from approximately today's Sausalito to Duncan's Point; the Lake Miwok, east and south of Clear Lake north of Santa Rosa; and the Sierra Mewuk to the east to the western slope of the Sierras.

Bands of the Miwok Tribe and Their Reservations
Coast Miwok


 * Now called the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria

Lake Miwok


 * Middletown Rancheria

Sierra Mewuk


 * Buena Vista Rancheria
 * California Valley Miwok Tribe -- new name for Sheep Ranch Rancheria
 * Chicken Ranch Rancheria
 * Jackson Rancheria
 * Sheep Ranch Rancheria
 * Shingle Springs Rancheria
 * Tuolumne Rancheria

Others


 * Auburn Band of Maidu and Miwok Indians -- Auburn Rancheria (now known as the United Auburn Indian Community)
 * Ione Band, population - 8

Important Web Sites

 * Miwok Indians Wikipedia
 * Short history of the Southern Miwok Tribe of Yosemite Valley