We will be going back in time to learn about these First Californians and to test your knowledge of their lifeways. As you read the question below, be sure to have your name and school name in the Your Handle box. Then when you post your findings in the answer box, we will know who is speaking. Be sure to write full sentences as your answers so we know what the question is and what your answer is ( ie, dont just write 25,000 as an answer, say The population of the Chumo tribe was 25,000) To get back up to the top of the Dig to re-read the questions and search for answers, type a large number like 50- in the scroll back box, click on the chat button, and it will return you to higher up on the page. Good luck !!
Camp Internet Dig Team: . . . . Mon, Oct 9, 7:45AM PST (-0800 GMT)
This link takes you to a slide show style overview of the Miwok use the arrows at the bottom to move through the story and pictures 
, than come back here to work on answering questions for the dig
.. SELECT Enter the MIWOK CLASSROOM from the menu here button
Camp Internet Dig Team: . . . . Mon, Oct 9, 7:51AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig 1
.When the first Europeans arrived in California what was the size of the native population ? button
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Dig 2
.How many of those people lived in the Backcountry ? button
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Dig 3
.What events lead to the Miwok moving into the Yosemite Valley ? button
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Dig 4
.. What two animals were the Yosemite Miwok totems and symbol of their two main clans ? And how did these totems effect who they married ? button
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Dig 5
. Who did the Miwok trade wit hand what time of year ? button
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Dig 6
. What did the Miwok have as their trade goods ? And what did they trade for that the other tribe had ? button
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Dig 7
. How many different sites in the Yosemite Valley do we now know were home to Miwok villages or camps ? button
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Dig 8
What did they name the Yosemite Valley and what did the word mean to them ? button
: . . . . Mon, Oct 9, 10:06AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Matt - Grandview
The Miwok were in California. There were 310,000 Indians in California.
: . . . . Mon, Oct 9, 10:09AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig 2. Matt @ Grandview
There were 100,000 Indians in the backcountry.
Matt@Grandview: . . . . Mon, Oct 9, 10:11AM PST (-0800 GMT)
The people who lived in the backcountry had less human competition for
resources
Matt@Grandview: . . . . Mon, Oct 9, 10:14AM PST (-0800 GMT)
The animals were bear and coyote. When a young boy or girl found it was time to see ka mate, they
could not marry with in their Bear or Coyote clan, they had to seek a partner form
across the river.
Matt@Grandview: . . . . Mon, Oct 9, 10:18AM PST (-0800 GMT)
6. The Ahwahnee brought black oak acorns and ---- and the Mono
Indians, who had neither, traded salt, pine nuts, insects, and obsidian in the spring and summer.
Matt@Grandview: . . . . Mon, Oct 9, 10:19AM PST (-0800 GMT)
7. The Yosemite Miwok lived in the Valley for several generations, and built villages
at over 30 different sites.
Matt@Grandview: . . . . Mon, Oct 9, 10:21AM PST (-0800 GMT)
8. They called the valley A-wah-nee,which means gaping mouth.
Valley View, Rm 27: . . . . Mon, Oct 9, 2:07PM PST (-0800 GMT)
When the first Europeans came there were 310,000 Indians in California.
Valley View, Rm 27: . . . . Mon, Oct 9, 2:17PM PST (-0800 GMT)
There were about 100,000 people in the backcountry.
Valley View, Rm 27: . . . . Mon, Oct 9, 2:51PM PST (-0800 GMT)
We ran out of time and had to leave the dig. We will be back again some other time.
Andy@Grandview: . . . . Mon, Oct 9, 2:55PM PST (-0800 GMT)
1. It is calculated that at the time of the first Spanish settlement in 1769 there were
310,000 Indians in California.
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