Plains and Sierra Miwok

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/plains-and-sierra-miwok

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the indigenous group?Plains and Sierra Miwok
2. What is the geographic scope?Encompassed Sacramento Valley, San Joaquin Valley, and Sierra Nevada mountains
3. Where did the Plains and Sierra Miwok live?They lived in the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys and the Sierra Nevada mountain range.
4. What food did the Plains and Sierra Miwok eat?They ate fish, hunted valley game, and gathered plant foods like acorns, pine nuts, and other nuts.

Linguistic Family: A group of languages that are related and share a common ancestor.
Subsistence Strategies: The methods people use to obtain food and other necessities for survival.
Ecological Knowledge: Deep understanding of the natural environment and how its parts interact.
Material Culture: The physical objects created and used by a particular society or group.