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The Coast Miwok’s 10,000-Year Stewardship Ends in Devastation
The Coast Miwok tended Muir Woods’ towering redwoods for over 10,000 years. They burned the forest floor every few decades, built bark homes, and lived off the land.
The Huimen group knew each trail and creek in their 38 square miles of territory. Then came 1783. Spanish missions forced them from their homes and into labor. Soon after, disease swept through their ranks…