Chaw-se Indian Grinding Rock, Amador County

The Park offers a variety of exhibits and events including the Chaw'se Regional Indian Museum designed as a traditional round house, campground, picnic areas, trails, and educational tours for school children.

Over 130 species of native plants are known to grow here, many of which were integral to the Miwok's way of life. Some of the wildflowers found at Chaw'se include: shooting stars, Hartwegs iris, giant trillium, monkey flower, and mariposa lily. A large number of resident and migrant birds fill the air with song and color.

The Chaw’se Regional Indian Museum features a variety of exhibits and an outstanding collection of Sierra Nevada Indian artifacts. Examples of basketry, feather regalia, jewelry, arrow points, and other tools created by Northern, Central and Southern Miwok, Maidu, Konkow, Monache, Nisenan, Tubatulabal, Washoe, and Foothill Yokuts tribes are on display .

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