This is a video for: "Ahwahneechee", "The Ahwahnechee People", who lived in the Yosemite Valley Area, California, in USA, on "Turtle Island". There are also over 1400 videos in this channel for many North, South & Central American Tribes & First Nations, Residential Schools, Chiefs, Elders, Historical Events, Indigenous Concerns, Quotes, Environmental Youth Activists.. and much more.

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"The Ahwahneechee People" (a.k.a.: "Ahwahnechee") are a Native American tribe who traditionally lived in the Yosemite Valley and still live in the surrounding area. They are from the seven tribes of Yosemite Miwok, Northern Paiute, Kucadikadi and Mono Lake Peoples. Ironically (and 'wrongly') as one of the most documented tribes, this tribe still fights for federal recognition. The Ahwahnechee People lived in Yosemite Valley, for centuries. It is believed, that they may have lived in the area, for as long as 7,000 years. According to NPS historians, they were primarily Southern Miwok, with related Miwok tribes living North, South and West of them. They routinely traded with both, thePaiute and Mono tribes across the mountains to the east and intermarried with these Peoples. European-American contact began, after 1833. In 1850, a settler named James D. Savage set up a mining camp down below the valley and spent most of his time mining for gold and trading with the few other white men in the area. He took several Indian wives and developed influential relations with the nearby Indigenous Peoples. Later that year, Savage's camp and post were attacked by the Ahwahnechee. Savage had moved into the Ahwahnechee land and effectively disrupted the lives of every Ahwahneechee person, there. The Ahwahnechee raided his supplies and killed two of his men. This, in turn, sparked the 'Mariposa Indian War', of 1850-1851. (*There is much more information about this, on the 'Mariposa War' video, that is also in this channel.)

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Many Thanks & Much Respect To: The Ahwahneechee People..; The Mono Lake, Kucadikadi, Paiute & Yosemite Miwok Peoples..; NPS.Gov..; En.Wikipedia.Org..; "Circle Dance Songs of the Paiute and Shoshone": Judy Trejo, Christina Esquivel & Delgadina Gonzales..; BEAR CREEK..; UTE NATION SINGERS..; BERNARD DAWAHOYA & THE HOPI SINGERS..; YOUNG HEART SINGERS..; KEITH ANDREN..; PYRAMID LAKE PAIUTE SINGERS..; BRYAN HUDSON JR..; 12 GAUGE..; ANDREW VASQUEZ.. and to all the other brothers and sisters who have contributed to this video with photos and/or, in any other way.

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