The Awaswas people (also known as Santa Cruz) are one of eight divisions of the Ohlone (Costanoan) Native Americans of Northern California. The Awaswas lived in the Santa Cruz Mountains and along the coast of present-day Santa Cruz County from present-day Davenport to Aptos.
Awaswas (Santa Cruz) is also the name of their spoken dialect, listed as one of the Costanoan language dialects in the Utian family, becoming the main language spoken at the ...
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