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Awani Indian Tribe History
Awani. A division of the Miwok
living in Yosemite valley, Mariposa County, Cal. Powers states that the
name Yosemite is a distorted form of the Miwok uzumaiti, 'grizzly
bear,' a term never used by the Indians to designate the valley itself or
any part of it. Awani, the name applied by the natives of the Valley, was
the principal village, which by extension was given to the whole valley
and its inhabitants, who occupied it when snow permitted. The Awani had 9
villages, containing 450 people, when the whites first came, and they seem
to have had a larger number at an earlier period. At present the
population is unknown, but small. The 9 villages were:
| Awani |
Hokokwito |
Kumaini |
Lesamaiti |
| Macheto |
Notontidula |
Sakaya |
Wahaka |
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Handbook of American Indians, 1906
Index of Tribes or Nations |
