Painting of Hetch Hetchy around the time when Indians lived in the valley by Albert Bierstadt.
C. F. Hoffmann also known as Charles Frederick Hoffmann (1838-1913), wrote the “ Notes on Hetch-Hetchy Valley,” that was published in the Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (San Francisco: CAS, 1868), series 1, 3:5, pp. 368-370.
In one part of Hoffmann’s report [...]
Archive for April, 2007
Hetch Hetchy, the early history of Native habitation in the valley.
Posted in Ahwahnee, Ahwahni, California Indian basket, Chief Tenaya, Hetch Hetchy, Hetch Hetchy Native, Hetch Hetchy Valley, Hetch Hetchy Valley history, Hetch Hetchy history, Indian, Mariposa, Mariposa Indian, Mirror Lake, Miwuk, Mono Lake, Mono Lake Indian, Paiute, Paiutes, Piute, Piutes, Southern Sierra Miwuk, Southern Sierra Miwuks, Tenaya, Yosemite, Yosemite Association, Yosemite Fund, Yosemite Indian photographs, Yosemite Miwok, Yosemite Miwok Legend, Yosemite Miwok Legends, Yosemite Miwoks, Yosemite Miwuk, Yosemite Museum, Yosemite National Park, Yosemite Native American, Yosemite Native American Hetch Hetchy American Indian h, Yosemite Native American photos, Yosemite Native photographs, Yosemite Valley, Yosemite Visitor Center, Yosemite book, Yosemite history on April 18, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Yosemite Native Americans- who were the real Ahwahnees?
Posted in Ahwahnee, Ahwahni, California Indian basket, Chief Tenaya, Hetch Hetchy, Hetch Hetchy Native, Hetch Hetchy Valley, Hetch Hetchy Valley history, Hetch Hetchy history, Indian, Mariposa, Mariposa Indian, Mirror Lake, Miwuk, Mono Lake, Mono Lake Indian, Paiute, Paiutes, Piute, Piutes, Southern Sierra Miwuk, Southern Sierra Miwuks, Tenaya, Tenaya Lake, Yosemite, Yosemite Association, Yosemite Fund, Yosemite Miwok, Yosemite Miwok Legend, Yosemite Miwok Legends, Yosemite Miwoks, Yosemite Miwuk, Yosemite Museum, Yosemite National Park, Yosemite Native American, Yosemite Native American Hetch Hetchy American Indian h, Yosemite Native American photos, Yosemite Native photographs, Yosemite Valley, Yosemite Visitor Center, Yosemite book, Yosemite history on April 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Awaia or Aweah is acorn in Paiute. Many place names in Paiute are named after food groups. Many of our Paiute bands are also named after food groups like Taboose and Agai. Pah is water in Paiute. Pah-weah is “water acorn” or “acorn lake”.
I am sure many of you who have gone to Yosemite National [...]
Yosemite Mono Lake Paiute video
Posted in Ahwahnee, Ahwahni, California Indian basket, Chief Tenaya, Hetch Hetchy, Hetch Hetchy Native, Hetch Hetchy Valley, Hetch Hetchy Valley history, Hetch Hetchy history, Indian, Mariposa, Mariposa Indian, Miwuk, Mono Lake, Mono Lake Indian, Paiute, Paiutes, Piute, Piutes, Southern Sierra Miwuk, Southern Sierra Miwuks, Tenaya, Tenaya Lake, Yosemite, Yosemite Association, Yosemite Fund, Yosemite Indian photographs, Yosemite Miwok, Yosemite Miwok Legend, Yosemite Miwok Legends, Yosemite Miwuk, Yosemite Museum, Yosemite National Park, Yosemite Native American, Yosemite Native American Hetch Hetchy American Indian h, Yosemite Native American photos, Yosemite Native photographs, Yosemite Valley, Yosemite Visitor Center, Yosemite book, Yosemite history on April 16, 2007 | 1 Comment »
This video is dedicated to the early people of Yosemite, Mono Lake and Hetch Hetchy Valley. Every photo is of a Paiute person IN Yosemite. There are very few of Miwoks in early photos of Yosemite Valley. The majority are of Paiutes, until around the 1920s, before that they were mainly [...]
