Category Archives: History

Coast Miwoks – a brief history

Posted on March 18, 2011 by Erik Gordon Bainbridge

If you’ve seen the Ewoks, the furry creatures in Star Wars living in a redwood forest like much of the Coast Miwoks‘ home territory, you’ve seen an insulting caricature of non-Indian perceptions of Coast Miwoks.  The truth is very different.  … Continue reading →

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California Indians

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Erik Gordon Bainbridge

Warrior Brothers‘ main character Cody Jackson is a California Indian who was born in space and has never been to Earth.  His father is Coast Miwok and his mother Kashia Pomo, neither of them tribes that are well known outside … Continue reading →

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