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The Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians is a federally recognized tribe of Cahuilla Indians, located in Imperial and Riverside counties in California. [5] [4] Their autonym is Mau-Wal-Mah Su-Kutt Menyil, [6] which means "among the palms, deer moon." [7] in the Cahuilla language.
Led by the Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Bird Singers, the group performed traditional song and dance, presenting the story of Tribal creation through the Pechanga perspective. [34] Such an opportunity stands alone as one of the few notable Pechanga tribe depictions in popular media, with no current film or coverage surrounding the Native ...
Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians (own name: ″Mau-Wal-Mah Su-Kutt Menyil″, or ″Deer Moon Among the Palms″, Panakauissiktum (″water fox People″), Palpunivikiktum, Tamolanitcem, Tamulanitcum and later Sawalakiktum, Wakaikiktum (″Night Heron People″, which in turn became Panakauissiktum), and Sewahilem (″Mesquite that is ...
The push to protect the site was led by the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians, who have lived in the desert regions of Southern California, including the Coachella Valley near Joshua Tree ...
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Martinez was formerly the site of the headquarters of the Torres Martinez Indian Reservation and the earlier historical headquarters of the 19th century Martinez Indian Agency for the Desert Cahuilla. It was first, from 1862, a water stop and later a stage station on the Bradshaw Trail between San Bernardino and La Paz, Arizona.
Torres is a locale on land of the Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians in Riverside County, California. Torres is the site of the former Cahuilla village known as Los Toros. [1] Immediately south of that site is the Toro Cemetery. [2] Los Toros was a stage stop between Indian Wells and Martinez on the Bradshaw Trail from 1866 to the 1880s. [3]
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