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
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by Yosemite_Indian » Mon Nov 26, 2012 2:18 am 
