A tomo kahni was a winter home, as called by the Kawaiisu Indians. In this particular instance Tomo-Kahni is the winter village of the Kawaiisu. Evidence indicates the village was well populated and inhabited for a very long time. Communal grinding stones, sharpening stones (for awls used in basket-making) and ceremonial caves line the village area. Stone rings for sweathouses near streams, shelters as well as Juniper trees growing out of old campfire sites also dot the landscape. Tomo-Kahni is built in a broad, rocky meadow high in the southern-most portion of the Sequoia. The location provides protection from the winds, and low ridges so observations may be made of those approaching in the wide sandy canyon below.
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