page_title: Plains and Sierra Miwok
section_title: Culture
hierarchical_section_title: Plains and Sierra Miwok / Culture
caption_attribution_description: English: A basket woven by Miwok-Mono Paiute Native American artist Lucy Telles. active in the Yosemite Valley region, California. in the collection of the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian
context_page_description: The Plains and Sierra Miwok were once the largest group of Native American Miwok people, indigenous to California. Their homeland included regions of the Sacramento Valley, San Joaquin Valley, and the Sierra Nevada.
context_section_description: The Plains and Sierra Miwok lived by hunting and gathering, and lived in small local tribes, without centralized political authority. They are skilled at basketry and continue the traditions today.
caption: A basket woven by Miwok-Mono Paiute Native American artist Lucy Telles from the Yosemite Valley region
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