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The Kumeyaay or 'Iipai-Tiipai were formerly known as the Diegueños, the former Spanish name applied to the Mission Indians living along the San Diego River. [2] They are referred to as Kumiai in Mexico. The term Kumeyaay translates as "People of the west", with the word meyaay meaning "steep" or "cliff". [3]
People of Kumeyaay descent (5 P) S. Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation (3 P) V. Viejas Group of Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians (3 P) Pages in category "Kumeyaay"
Pages in category "People of Kumeyaay descent" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
On July 16, 1769, a Mass was held in the dedication of Mission San Diego de Acalá and El Presidio Real de San Diego, the first mission and presidio in Alta California, and the founding of the settlement of San Diego in Old Town, from which the Kumeyaay village of Kosa'aay was incorporated. [1]
Delfina Cuero (ca 1900 – 1972) was a Native American writer of the Kumeyaay people. The daughter of Vincente Cuero and Cidilda Quaha, she was born in Xamca (later known as Jamacha ). The Kumeyaay people, whose traditional lands straddle the Mexican border, were displaced from the San Diego area by an influx of non-native settlers.
The Campo Indian Reservation is home to the Campo Band of Diegueño Mission Indians, also known as the Campo Kumeyaay Nation, a federally recognized tribe of Kumeyaay people in the southern Laguna Mountains, in eastern San Diego County, California. [3] The reservation was founded in 1893 and is 16,512 acres (66.82 km 2). [1] [2]
Kumeyaay astronomy or cosmology (Kumeyaay: My Uuyow, "sky knowledge") comprises the astronomical knowledge of the Kumeyaay people, a Native American group whose traditional homeland occupies what is now Southern California in the United States and adjacent parts of northern Baja California in Mexico. [1]
This complex is related to the Kumeyaay peoples. [1] This archaeological pattern was defined by Delbert L. True [1] in the 1960s, on the basis of late prehistoric evidence from the territory of the Kumeyaay people, primarily in Cuyamaca Rancho State Park. Hual-Cu-Cuish (SDI-860) is another Cuyamaca complex site. [1]