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Winnemem Wintu chief Caleen Sisk in 2009 A representation of a Pomo dancer, painting by Grace Hudson. Indigenous peoples of California, commonly known as Indigenous Californians or Native Californians, are a diverse group of nations and peoples that are indigenous to the geographic area within the current boundaries of California before and after European colonization.
Kitanemuk, southern-central California [1] Kizh, southern California [1] Konkow, northern-central California [1] Kucadikadi, eastern-central California; Kumeyaay, Diegueño, Kumiai, southern California Cuyamaca complex, late Holocene precolumbian culture; Ipai, southwestern California [1] Jamul, southwestern California [4] Tipai, southwestern ...
Mount Tehama. Tuolumne County – disputed origin; likely from the phrase talmalamne of unknown origin, meaning "cluster of stone wigwams ". Tuolumne City. Tuolumne River. Tuolumne Grove. Tuolumne Meadows. Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne. Yolo County – from the Patwin phrase yo-loy, meaning "a place abounding in rushes". Village of Yolo.
The Torres-Martinez tribe has offices throughout Southern California, offering TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) benefits for members. They are in Imperial Valley (El Centro), Blythe, Riverside, San Bernardino, Victorville, Palmdale, San Diego, Orange County (Santa Ana), Pomona, and Los Angeles. This is a result of Cahuilla ...
Chumash people. The Chumash are a Native American people of the central and southern coastal regions of California, in portions of what is now Kern, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura and Los Angeles Counties, extending from Morro Bay in the north to Malibu in the south to Mt Pinos in the east.
Serrano, Kitanemuk, Tataviam, Vanyume. The Tongva (/ ˈtɒŋvə / TONG-və) are an Indigenous people of California from the Los Angeles Basin and the Southern Channel Islands, an area covering approximately 4,000 square miles (10,000 km 2). [1][2] In the precolonial era, the people lived in as many as 100 villages and primarily identified by ...
Location of Campo Indian Reservation Kumeyaay woman in front of her traditional house at Campo, photo by Edward Curtis. 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 includes Cahuilla, California, [6] where the Cahuilla Casino is located. [citation needed] The reservation is 18,884 acres (76.42 km 2), with 16,884 acres (68.33 km 2) owned by individual tribe members. Two thousand (8.1 km 2) belong to the entire tribe in common. [2] The reservation was first established in 1875 by Executive ...