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Miwok (also spelled Miwuk, Mi-Wuk, or Me-Wuk) can refer to any one of four linguistically related groups of Native Americans, indigenous to Northern California, who traditionally spoke one of the ''Miwokan'' languages in the Utian family. The word ''Miwok'' means ''people'' in their native language. ==Subgroups== Anthropologists commonly divide the Miwok into four geographically and culturally diverse ethnic subgroups. These distinctions were unknown among the Miwok before European contact. *''Plains and Sierra Miwok'': from tads western slope and foothills of the Sierra Nevada, the Sacramento Valley, San Joaquin Valley and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. *''Coast Miwok'' : from present day location of Marin County and southern Sonoma County. (This includes the ''Bodega Bay Miwok'' and ''Marin Miwok''). *''Lake Miwok'': from Clear Lake basin of Lake County. *''Bay Miwok'': from present-day location of Contra Costa County. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Miwok」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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