sentences:  However, as of 2012, an active revitalization program is underway.The name "Miwok" comes from the Sierra Miwok word "miwwik" meaning "people" or "Indians".It was originally used in 1877 for the Plains and Sierra Miwok people, but was later reassigned to its current usage in 1908 to describe the set of Utian languages distinct from the western Coastanoan (Ohlone) languages.