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Ahwahnee Village
Miwok Cabin
chinnimi 'uuchu (Southern Miwok)
kotcha (Central Miwok)
Soon after non-Indians settled in Yosemite in the 1850s, local Indian
people began emulating the building styles of these Euro-Americans.
Cabins such as this one were in use of residences in this area until
the 1920s.
Built directly on the ground, they often had a central fire pit and
a smoke hole in the roof, blending elements
of traditional Miwok architecture with those of Euro-Americans.
Today, Miwok and Paiute people live in houses, apartments and
mobile homes, just like other Americans.
While some people have built traditional dwellings
for demonstration purposes,
living in old-style houses is a thing of the past.
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