Nochu Ci

Nochu-chi was a Southern Sierra Miwok village in the country near Mariposa, on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada. The Sierra Miwok homeland extended across the mountains and foothills between the Fresno and Cosumnes Rivers. Its inhabitants lived in small local communities, hunting and gathering rather than relying on a single central authority. Their skilled basketry was among the crafts of a people whose languages and settlements varied across the mountain country.