Kumeyaay people

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The Kumeyaay people are an Indigenous group native to the San Diego region of California and northern Baja California, known for their rich cultural traditions, deep environmental knowledge, and historical presence long predating European colonization.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf First Nations of Baja California
Indigenous people
Native American people
Yuman language
alsoKnownAs Diegueño
Ipai-Tipai
colonialPowerEncountered Mexico
Spain
United States
culturalPractice ceremonial dances
song traditions
storytelling
ethnicGroupOf Mexico
United States
haveCommunityIn Baja California
haveReservationIn Imperial County
San Diego County
historicalEvent affected by Mission San Diego de Alcalá
resisted Spanish colonization
knownFor acorn processing
basketry
environmental knowledge
rock art
language Kumeyaay language
languageFamily Hokan language family
linked to: Hokan languages
nativeTo Baja California
San Diego region
northern Baja California
southern California
linked to: Southern California
partOf Yuman peoples
preContactLifestyle horticulturalists
hunter-gatherer
relatedGroup Cocopah people
Paipai people
Quechan people
religion Catholicism
linked to: Roman Catholicism

Protestantism
traditional Kumeyaay religion
subgroupOf Delta–California Yuman
linked to: Upland Yuman
timeDepthInRegion thousands of years before European contact
traditionalMaterialCulture pottery
shell ornaments
stone tools
traditionalSubsistence fishing
gathering wild plants
hunting
small-scale agriculture
traditionalTerritoryIncludes Baja California Peninsula
linked to: Baja California

Imperial County
San Diego County

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Kumeyaay language nativeTo Kumeyaay people
Kumeyaay language ethnicGroup Kumeyaay
linked to: Kumeyaay people
Kiliwa people relatedEthnicGroup Kumeyaay people
Ipai language spokenBy Kumeyaay people
Ipai language ethnicGroup Kumeyaay (Ipai) people
linked to: Kumeyaay people
Cocopa people relatedEthnicGroup Kumeyaay people
Paipai people relatedEthnicGroup Kumeyaay people
Luiseño people neighboringPeople Kumeyaay people
Yuman peoples hasPart Kumeyaay people
Kumiai spokenBy Kumeyaay people
Kumiai languageOf Kumeyaay Nation
linked to: Kumeyaay people
Kumiai ethnicGroup Kumeyaay
linked to: Kumeyaay people
Tipai closelyRelatedTo Kumeyaay
linked to: Kumeyaay people
Diegueño ethnicGroup Kumeyaay people
Diegueño traditionalTerritory Kumeyaay traditional lands
linked to: Kumeyaay people
Diegueño usedBy Kumeyaay communities
linked to: Kumeyaay people
Yuman hasLanguage Kumeyaay
linked to: Kumeyaay people
Yuman ethnicGroup Kumeyaay people
Paipai relatedEthnicGroup Kumeyaay
linked to: Kumeyaay people
Ipai-Tipai spokenBy Kumeyaay people
Ipai-Tipai ethnicGroup Kumeyaay
linked to: Kumeyaay people
Cochimí people neighboringGroup Kumeyaay people
Kiliwa relatedEthnicGroup Kumeyaay
linked to: Kumeyaay people
Diegueño language spokenBy Kumeyaay people
Diegueño language ethnicGroup Kumeyaay
linked to: Kumeyaay people
Southern Uto-Aztecan hasLanguage Kumeyaay (Tipai-Ipai)
linked to: Kumeyaay people
Ipai people subgroupOf Kumeyaay people
Ipai people neighboringGroup Kumeyaay people
Cocopah people relatedEthnicGroup Kumeyaay people
Museum of Us hasExhibition Kumeyaay: Native Californians
linked to: Kumeyaay people
Kumeyaay attack of 1775 mainParticipants Kumeyaay people
Kumeyaay attack of 1775 ethnicGroupInvolved Kumeyaay
linked to: Kumeyaay people
Mission Indians ethnicallyRelatedTo Kumeyaay people
Cupeño people relatedEthnicGroup Kumeyaay people
Cupeño people neighboringGroup Kumeyaay people
Ipai alternateName Kumeyaay (narrow sense)
linked to: Kumeyaay people
Ipai closelyRelatedTo Kumeyaay
linked to: Kumeyaay people
Tipai people subgroupOf Kumeyaay people
Tipai people relatedEthnicGroup Kumeyaay people
Tipay partOf Kumeyaay people
Cochimí relatedEthnicGroup Kumeyaay
linked to: Kumeyaay people
Diegueño language spokenBy Kumeyaay people
subject linked to: dih
Diegueño language ethnicGroup Kumeyaay people
subject linked to: dih
Paipai territory relatedTo Kumeyaay territory
linked to: Kumeyaay people