• Tenaya (died 1853) was a leader of the Ahwahnechee people in Yosemite Valley, California. Tenaya's father was a leader of the Ahwahnechee people (or Awahnichi)...
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    Today, Tenaya Lake is easily accessible by State Route 120 and is a popular lake for water activities. Tenaya Lake is named after Chief Tenaya, who was...
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    Tenaya Canyon is a dramatic and dangerous canyon in Yosemite National Park, California, USA, that runs from the outlet of Tenaya Lake 10 miles down to...
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    leading to tensions between the two groups. The Ahwahnechee, led by their chief Tenaya, fought back against the miners resulting in a series of skirmishes that...
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    Tenaya Peak is a mountain in the Yosemite high country, rising above Tenaya Lake. Tenaya Peak is named after Chief Tenaya, who met the Mariposa Battalion...
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    naming Yosemite Valley, based on his interviews with Chief Tenaya. Bunnell wrote that Chief Tenaya was the founder of the Ahwahnee colony. Bunnell falsely...
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    Ahwaneechees led by Chief Tenaya. The California state military forces burned the tribe's villages, destroyed their food stores, killed the chief's sons, and forced...
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    Ahwahneechee Chief Tenaya explained to him, forty-one years earlier, in 1851, that the massive formation, called Tutokanula, could be translated as "Rock Chief" because...
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    for the very top. Although the trend of this ridge, as well as that of Tenaya Canyon, is probably controlled by master joints, 80 percent of the northwest...
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  • Muir Stephen T. Mather Galen Clark Shelton Johnson Buffalo Soldiers Chief Tenaya Ahwahnechee people Lodging and camping Yosemite Lodge at the Falls The...
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