Discussion about Yosemite National Park history, including Native Americans, Euro-American pioneers and settlement, and establishment as a national park.
One of the earliest Yosemite area photographers was a man named M. M. Hazeltine. Hazeltine took this photo of two Paiute men with their catch while in Yosemite. This is a very rare photo.
Here is a close up of the photo;
(Still can't find a pre-1900 photo of a Miwok in Yosemite.)
Chief Tenaya was the founder of the Paiute Colony of Ahwahnee