Southern Sierra Miwuks historical Indian figures; where are their descendents today?
Maggie “Taboose” Howard on cover of Yosemite Indians. She was one of the most photographed women in the Park’s history. If you enter Yosemite National Park you will see many interpretive signs throughout the park with photographs of Yosemite Native American Indians. Beautiful old photos with soaring inspirational text of the first Natives of Yosemite. Those Indians the Yosemite National Park claim are Southern Sierra Miwuks, and even Central Mewuks. You might even go to the National Park’s website and see the story of the Ahwahneechee “Miwoks” with several old photos. Now if you didn’t have a clue, like most Non-Indian tourists you would think that Yosemite must have been a wonder land for the Southern Sierra Miwuk and that the Park did an excellent job of documenting that. Except one problem, the majority of the photos are of Paiutes and a few Yokuts. Not one of the older photos is of a Miwoks. The Southern Sierra Miwuks is a group of former and current employees going for federal rec
