Rock (which we now know had traces of arsenic)
In winter, the Miwok Indians lived in housed that were hallway underground and covered with dirt to help them keep warm. In the summer, their dwellings were generally cone shaped and had a pole framework. They were covered with bark because it helped keep them cool. They also used brush, grass, and tule to make their homes.
it was stormy where they lived.
The Miwok (also spelled Miwuk, Mi-Wuk, or Me-Wuk) are members of four linguistically related Native American groups indigenous to what is now Northern California, who traditionally spoke one of the Miwok languages in the Utian family.
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They live in the coast but a little bit off to the east.
no they did not
Northern California. read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miwok
Why did the Coast Miwoks chose to live at San Francisco de Asis
There are actually four geographically and culturally diverse groups of Miwok, Native Americans that are native to Northern California: Plains and Sierra Miwok, Coast Miwok, Lake Miwok, and Bay Miwok. Please see the related link below for more info:
The Coast Miwok Indians spoke various dialects of the Miwok language, which is part of the Penutian language family. The dialects spoken by the Coast Miwok people included Marin, Bodega, and Bolinas.
The Miwok tribe live in Southern California.
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somewhere in California
The Coast Miwok were the second largest group of Miwok Native American people.
most of the Miwok lived near the Sierra Nevada.
The Miwok Indians had several distinct groups within the tribe. The Coastal Miwoks lived near the Pacific Ocean, along the California coast. The Lake Miwoks lived in Clear Lake Basin.