English

Proper noun

Awaswas

1. One of eight divisions of the Ohlone Native American people of northern California.
2. The spoken language of this people, an Ohlone dialect in the Utian family.

Synonyms

• Santa Cruz

References

• Kroeber, Alfred L. 1925. Handbook of the Indians of California. Washington, D.C: Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin No. 78.
• Teixeira, Lauren. The Costanoan/Ohlone Indians of the San Francisco and Monterey Bay Area, A Research Guide. Menlo Park, CA: Ballena Press Publication, 1997. ISBN 0-87919-141-4.