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• As the Cultural Anthropologist, you will research the language. and religion of your tribe.  You will need to have examples of written and spoken language.  Be creative and assign a name in your tribe’s language for each person in the group for the Powwow.
• Some general information from a fourth grade project can get you started.  Go to the Central Valley portion of the site (at the top) and click on your subject http://www.cuca.k12.ca.us/la/tribes.html .

LANGUAGE: Penutian: 

The Mewuk, or Miwok, Indian language belongs to the Penutian language family, other languages of which are spoken by peoples from the coast of Canada to the U. S. Southeast and south to the Yucatan Peninsula. Today few tribal elders under the age of 60 speak the Mewuk language. 

A language family spoken by a number of central and northern California Indian peoples, including the Wappo, Yuki, Yokuts, and Wintun Indians. This language family extends all the way from coastal Canada to New Mexico, the Gulf of Mexico, and on to the Yucatan Peninsula. (CALIFORNIA INDIANS AND THEIR RESERVATIONS: An Online Dictionary http://libweb.sdsu.edu/sub_libs/pwhite/calinddictmp.html )