Village of the Ahwahneechee
A reconstructed Indian village located on the former site of the largest Indian village in Yosemite Valley.
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Village of the Ahwahneechee Details
This village is comprised of bark houses, a ceremonial roundhouse, a sweat house, a cabin, acorn granaries, and a chief's house, all representative of structures that would have been found in a Sierra Nevada Miwok village in the late 19th century. You can visit anytime, even when the museum is closed. A self-guided walking tour explains how the early inhabitants of the Yosemite Valley lived prior to European contact in the mid-19th century. The roundhouse here is still sometimes used for ceremonies.
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Yosemite Valley
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