-
Mariposa Indian Council identifies as an
Ahwahnechee descendent. The
Ahwahneechee burned undergrowth in the
Valley to
protect the oak trees.
Acorns were...
-
indigenous natives of
Yosemite called themselves the
Ahwahneechee,
meaning "dwellers" in Ahwahnee. The
Ahwahneechee People were the only
tribe that
lived within...
- the
native people of
Yosemite Valley, the
Ahwahneechee, was
located at the base of the falls. The
Ahwahneechee people called the
waterfall "Cholock" ("the...
- Tenaya's
father was a
leader of the
Ahwahnechee people (or Awahnichi). The
Ahwahneechee had
become a
tribe distinct from the
other tribes in the area. Lafayette...
- light, it may not
reach the
ground directly below.
Because of this, the
Ahwahneechee Native Americans called this
waterfall "Pohono",
which means "Spirit...
- name "Illilouette" is not known.
According to
Lafayette Bunnell, the
Ahwahneechee name of the
waterfall was "Too-lool-lo-we-ak". It was
suggested by Bunnell...
- "Tissiack," "South Dome," and "Half Dome" in his writings.
Others say
Ahwahneechee Native Americans named Half Dome "Face of a
Young Woman Stained with...
-
Golden Bear. The name "Yosemite"
likely originates from the
indigenous Ahwahneechee word for
grizzly bear, "Oo-soo-mah-ty" or "Yo-hem-ah-ty,"
which directly...
-
Battalion doctor Lafayette Bunnell in his 1892 book.
Bunnell reports that
Ahwahneechee Chief Tenaya explained to him, forty-one
years earlier, in 1851, that...
- militia. Some
Native American tribes fought back,
beginning with the
Ahwahneechees and the
Chowchilla in the
Sierra Nevada and San
Joaquin Valley leading...
