Coast Miwok

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Coast Miwok

The Coast Miwok (Olamentke), including the Lake Miwok, lived on the California coast north of San Francisco and inland to Clear Lake. They spoke languages of the Miwok family of the Penutian phylum. There are a few descendants of the Coast Miwok still living in California, but the culture has disappeared.

See alsoMiwok


Bibliography

Callaghan, Catherine A. (1978). "Lake Miwok." In Handbook of North American Indians. Vol. 8, California, edited by Robert F. Heizer, 264-273. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution.

Kelly, Isabel (1978). "Coast Miwok." In Handbook of North American Indians. Vol. 8, California, edited by Robert F. Heizer, 414-425. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution.

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