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The Yosemite Grant, 1864-1906: A Pictorial History | 
 enlarge | Author: Hank Johnston
Publisher: Yosemite Association
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 1631001
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.6
Dimensions (in): 12.4 x 9.3 x 1
ISBN: 0939666790
Dewey Decimal Number: 979.447
EAN: 9780939666799
ASIN: 0939666790
Publication Date: November 1995
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Photo of Yosemite Indian Chief is Captain John of Yosemite-Mono Lake Paiutes February 25, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Loved most of the book. I loved how Mr. Johnston writes that the first people of Yosemite were Paiutes, but then writes they became Miwoks, then back again to Paiutes? If the first Indian people of Yosemite were war like Paiutes, then it turned to peace-loving Miwoks, then back to war like Paiutes it is kinda odd? Maybe because they were always Paiutes. The Yosemite National Park Service has been trying to pass off the story that Paiutes and Miwoks were friendly with each other. That was false. In fact the Miwoks were scared of the Mono Paiutes and were the ones who named the Ahwahnees "Yosemites" which in their language Yosemite meant "The Killers". The Miwoks were afraid of them and never entered Yosemite Valley until after the death of Chief Tenaya when they went to work for whites in the park. Hank Johnston has a photo of a Native American chief he and the Yosemite National Park Service don't recognize in his book. Under his photo it has something like "Unknown Historic Chief of Yosemite". That man was Yosemite-Mono Lake Indian Chief Captain John of Poko-Tucket. Yet the Yosemite National Park Service never knew that the historic chief after Chief Tenaya was a Paiute chief? People interested in reading the real history of the Native Americans of Yosemite should also read Lafayette Bunnell's book about the Yosemite War. He was one of the two men to meet and write about Chief Tenaya and wrote that Chief Tenaya was the founder of the Paiute Colony of Ahwahnee and that he spoke Paiute, not Miwuk. In fact there is not ONE mention of the word Miwuk, Mewo or Miwok in the whole book. Yet there are many, many mentions of the Mono Paiute people throughout the book as being the primary group of Chief Tenaya's band of Inidans. The other person wrote that Chief Bautista of the Miwoks called the Ahwahneechees or Yosemite Native American Indian people the "Monahs". Which is another word for Mono Paiute. So in conclusion the Native Americans of Yosemite were Paiutes. The Indian people who roamed Yosemite. This is a good book, but needs improvement. Great photo of Native American Yosemite Indian chief CAPTAIN JOHN OF THE YOSEMITE-MONO LAKE PAIUTES.
The Yosemite Grant October 24, 2002
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
An excellent treatment of this period in Yosemite's history. Fun to read, gives detailed information, is indexed, and the sources are sited! Photos are well done and informative. Students at the fourth and fifth grade level can read and understand the text.
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