The Miwok (also known as the Miwuk, Mi-Wuk, or Me-Wuk), which in their mother tongue means the people, are a Native American people who reside in northern California. Historically, they consisted of four linguistically related groups:

• Plains and Sierra Miwok: from tads western slope and foothills of the Sierra Nevada, the Sacramento Valley, San Joaquin Valley and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
• Coast Miwok : from present day location of Marin County and southern Sonoma County. (This includes the Bodega Bay Miwok and Marin Miwok).
• Lake Miwok: from Clear Lake basin of Lake County.
• Bay Miwok: from present-day location of Contra Costa County.

Today 11 federally recognized tribes and 7 non-federally recognized tribes claim Miwok heritage consisting of 3,500 people in combination with other ethnic groups. However, the federal government only recognizes 230 people as being of Miwok descent, residing northeast of Modesta, California.

Federally Recognized Miwok Tribes

• Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians
• California Valley Miwok Tribe, formerly known as the Sheep Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians
• Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians
• Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, formerly known as the Federated Coast Miwok
• Ione Band of Miwok Indians, of Ione, California
• Jackson Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians
• Middletown Rancheria (Members of this tribe are of Pomo, Lake Miwok, and Wintun descent)
• Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract)
• Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria
• United Auburn Indian Community of Auburn Rancheria
• Wilton Rancheria Indian Tribe

Non-Federally Recognized Miwok Tribes

• Miwok Tribe of the El Dorado Rancheria
• Nashville-Eldorado Miwok Tribe
• Colfax-Todds Valley Consolidated Tribe of the Colfax Rancheria
• Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation
• Calaveras Band of Mi-Wuk Indians
• Miwok of Buena Vista Rancheria
• River Valley Miwok Indians, formally known as Historical Families of Wilton Rancheria