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Hi, it's Elizabeth here. And I've written a small summary of the Miwok people, which is a Native American Nations. And I have written this as a reading comprehension. So I'm going to read it so everyone can hear the pronunciation and how the words sound. And I'm also going to play some Native American music.

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Okay, the Miwok people. The Miwok are a Native American nation that originates from northern

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and central California. There are subgroups of Miwok that include the Plains Miwok,

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the Valley Miwok, the Coast Miwok, the Lake Miwok, and the Bay Miwok. The environment varied

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from where the Miwok people lived or what subgroup they belonged to. The Miwok people

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harvested acorns from the California black oak tree and it was their main food source.

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They also ate bulbs, seeds, and fungi. They hunted animals and ate grasshoppers. There were no meal

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schedule and the Miwok people only ate according to appetite. The Miwok lived in tool houses.

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Usually, these houses were made from a cone-shaped frame of wooden poles placed over a basement-like hole dug in the ground.

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Then the frame would be covered with mats woven from tool reeds and packed with a mound of earth over it to keep it well insulated.

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Today, most Miwoks live in modern houses and apartments just like you.

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Miwok people didn't wear much clothing.

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Miwok men generally went naked, and Miwok women wore only short grass skirts.

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In mountain villages, though, women sometimes wore buckskin dresses instead,

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and the men wore leggings and deerskin shirts.

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The Miwoks wore moccasins on their feet while hunting or traveling,

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though they usually went barefoot in their own villages.

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The Miwok people have a fascinating and interesting culture.

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Thank you for listening. See you next time.