Story from Indian Country Today - When Yosemite Miwoks were Paiutes Someone responded to this older story: Was Mary Wilson a Yosemite Miwok Chief? with this; QuoteThe author of the above whining rant is the one who is muddying the historical waters of early Yosemite People. The record of Yosemite people being Southern Sierra Miwok began in the writings of people studying the indians oby Yosemite_Indian - General Discussion
Hmmm...well Mary is already an "honorary" Miwok. Usually we Natives like to be called what we are unless there is something up.by Yosemite_Indian - General Discussion
Yosemite National Park sign has Mary Wilson under "Chief's House" in Yosemite National Park's Indian Village. Mary Wilson - was she a Yosemite Miwok Chief? Follow Yosemite Paiute on Twitter.com Yosemite Paiute now on Twitterby Yosemite_Indian - General Discussion
Here is more from The Discovery of the Yosemite from Dr. Lafaytte H. Bunnell: Page 219 "Though seemingly unimpressed by their sublime surroundings, their figures and comparisons, when not objectionable, were beautiful, because natural. The Pai-ute and Mono Colony originally established by Ten-ie-ya, was the result of a desire to improve their physical condition. They were attachedby Yosemite_Indian - General Discussion
Sign located in the Yosemite National Park's Miwok Indian Village. Sign up close: Kau'tcitti (Cow'chitty) Also the Indian photographed on the sign is Tom Hutchings a Mono Paiute now being called a Miwok. His descendents are in the Paiute tribe today. Also NO mention of Chief Tenaya at the Yosemite Indian Village, which btw is patterned after a Paiute village in photos taken byby Yosemite_Indian - General Discussion
This could be a reason why you won't find the biography of Chief Tenaya, the founder of Ahwahnee in Yosemite Valley. He was the original chief of Yosemite. Biography of Chief Tenaya of Yosemite Chief Tenaya From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Chief Tenaya (died 1853) was a Native American chief of the Yosemite Valley people in California. Tenaya's father wby Yosemite_Indian - General Discussion
Hetch Hetchy was once the home of the Paiute people. The Paiutes fought the Big Creek Indians and retained Hetch Hetchy Valley until they were pushed out. Hetch Hetchy Valley - first accounts by C. F. Hoffmann The valley was first visited, in 1850, by Mr. Joseph Screech, a mountaineer of this region, who found it occupied by Indians. This gentleman informed me that, up to a very recent datby Yosemite_Indian - General Discussion
Two reasons that the militia went up to clear out the Paiutes in the high Sierra Nevada. The first one was Gold which was discovered only a few years before. Many people flooded the area from all over the world in search of Gold. Many first early Gold seekers were attacked and killed when they interloped into the area. The second reason was the Paiutes and other tribes were stealing horses from tby Yosemite_Indian - General Discussion
Yosemite History Test – An Exam about California Native Americans in Yosemite National Park So you think you know the history of Yosemite and the Native People of that area in California. You read all the little booklets and seen the interpretive signs that are in Yosemite, now see if you know the REAL history of Yosemite’s first people, the American Indians of one of the most famous paby Yosemite_Indian - General Discussion
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Actually we Paiutes are "keen" in telling the documented truth regarding the historical facts of Yosemite. We Paiutes can prove what we are saying is true, can the Park? What we Yosemite-Mono Lake Paiutes are saying can be verified with historical facts and documentation. Who is being erased from the Park? The Miwoks or Paiutes? It is the Paiutes and Paiute history and culture. Wherby Yosemite_Indian - General Discussion