Miwok Acorn Festival

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Usually weekend after fourth Friday of September

This is an annual two-day event of the Miwok (which means "people") Indians, held at the Indian Grinding Rock State Historic Park near Sacramento, Calif. The park was a gathering place for Indians for thousands of years until Europeans settled there in 1848 at the time of the Gold Rush. This is an ancient harvest festival, largely religious, with ceremonial rites and traditional dances. It celebrates the acorn, just as Indians in the east have harvest festivals for the turkey, and in the south and southwest for corn. Acorns were a staple of the California Indians' diet, and were ground to make soup and meal for bread.

CONTACTS:
Federated Indians of the Graton Rancheria
6400 Redwood Dr., Ste. 300
Rohnert Park, CA 94928
707-566-2288; fax: 707-566-2291
www.coastmiwok.com, www.nps.gov

SOURCES:
IndianAmer-1989, p. 346

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