The u'macha of the Ahwahneechee tribe of Miwok people.

 
   
   
 
 
 




This is an u'macha of the Ahwahneechee tribe of Miwok people. It is not a reconstruction for historical interest like those at the Indian Grinding Rock State Historic Park. This is a family's home in the Wahoga Village sited on the ancestral Ahwahneechee land in Yosemite Valley, CA, USA. It is part of the tribe's work to save their traditional way of life, building with natural materials.

   
       

The U'macha [meaning: Bark Homes] are made with cedar poles. The poles are interwoven with grape vines or willow and then covered with cedar bark. We have more of the world's traditional natural homes (vernacular architecture) to discover.