Ahwahnechee
Painting of a "Mariposa Indian Encampment, Yosemite Valley, California" by Albert Bierstadt, ca. 1872 | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| unknown (1911) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Yosemite Valley, California | |
| Languages | |
| Mono Language Southern Sierra Miwok language | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| other Plains_and_Sierra_Miwok and Mono people |
The Ahwahnechee, Awani, or Awalache were an Indigenous people of California who historically lived in the Yosemite Valley. They were a band of Mono and Miwok People.
The Awani people's heritage can be found all over Yosemite National Park.