Miwok

Etymology
Miwok means "the people" in the native Utian language.

Noun

 * 1) A member of a linguistic group of indigenous people, native to central California.

Proper noun

 * 1) The Utian (Penutian) languages spoken by these groups.

Quotations

 * 1925, Kroeber, Alfred, Handbook of Indians of California, Washington, D.C: Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin No. 78. (Chapter 30):
 * The Miwok pound acorns with pestles