Cahuilla people

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The Cahuilla people are a Native American tribe indigenous to inland Southern California, traditionally inhabiting desert and mountain regions and known for their complex social organization, basketry, and adaptation to arid environments.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American people
Uto-Aztecan language
indigenous people of California
ethnicGroupOf United States
federallyRecognizedTribe Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians
linked to: Cahuilla people

Cahuilla Band of Indians
linked to: Cahuilla people

Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeño Indians
Morongo Band of Mission Indians
Ramona Band of Cahuilla
Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians
Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians
historicallyAffectedBy California mission system
Mexican rule in California
United States expansion in the 19th century
historicallyContactedBy Spanish colonizers
indigenousTo Colorado Desert
linked to: Sonoran Desert

Inland Empire region of California
San Bernardino Mountains
San Jacinto Mountains
Santa Rosa Mountains
Southern California
knownFor adaptation to arid environments
basketry
complex social organization
language Cahuilla language
languageFamily Uto-Aztecan languages
linked to: Uto-Aztecan
partOf Takic peoples
practices bird songs tradition
ceremonial dances
presentIn Imperial County, California
linked to: Imperial County

Riverside County, California
linked to: Riverside County

San Diego County, California
linked to: San Diego County
relatedEthnicGroup Cupeño people
linked to: Cahuilla people

Gabrielino-Tongva people
linked to: Tongva people

Luiseño people
Serrano people
socialOrganization clan-based system
subfamily Takic branch
traditionalCraft coiled basketry
net-making
traditionalFood acorn mush
agave
cactus fruits
mesquite beans
traditionalHousing brush shelters
kíicha dwellings
traditionalReligion Cahuilla traditional religion
traditionalSubsistence acorn processing
agriculture
gathering
hunting
traditionalTerritoryIncludes Anza Valley
Coachella Valley
San Gorgonio Pass
linked to: Cajon Pass
usesWritingSystem Latin alphabet

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Mojave Desert hasCulturalSignificanceFor Cahuilla people
Serrano people relatedEthnicGroup Cahuilla people
Morongo Band of Mission Indians primaryAncestry Cahuilla and Serrano people
subject linked to: Serrano people
linked to: Cahuilla people
Cahuilla people relatedEthnicGroup Cupeño people
linked to: Cahuilla people
Cahuilla people federallyRecognizedTribe Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians
linked to: Cahuilla people
Cahuilla people federallyRecognizedTribe Cahuilla Band of Indians
linked to: Cahuilla people
Uto-Aztecan includesLanguage Cahuilla
linked to: Cahuilla people
California cultural area inhabitedBy Cahuilla people
Serrano relatedEthnicGroup Cahuilla
linked to: Cahuilla people
Luiseño people neighboringPeople Cahuilla people
Taaqtam relatedEthnicGroup Cahuilla people
Morongo Band of Mission Indians ethnicComposition Cahuilla
linked to: Cahuilla people
Tongva people neighboringPeople Cahuilla people
Maarenga’yam relatedEthnicallyTo Cahuilla people
Cahuilla language ethnicGroup Cahuilla people
Cahuilla language hasDialect Pass Cahuilla
linked to: Cahuilla people
Cahuilla language usedBy Cahuilla elders
linked to: Cahuilla people
Takic peoples hasEthnicGroup Cahuilla people
Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeño Indians ethnicGroup Cahuilla
linked to: Cahuilla people
Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeño Indians partOf Cahuilla tribes
linked to: Cahuilla people
Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians peopleGroup Cahuilla
linked to: Cahuilla people
Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians isPartOf Cahuilla Nation
linked to: Cahuilla people
Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians tribalAffiliation Cahuilla
linked to: Cahuilla people
Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians ethnicGroup Cahuilla
linked to: Cahuilla people
Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians isPartOf Cahuilla Nation
linked to: Cahuilla people
Anza Valley historicallyInhabitedBy Cahuilla people
Anza Valley hasIndigenousHeritage Cahuilla culture
linked to: Cahuilla people
Santa Rosa Mountains inhabitedBy Cahuilla people
Southern Uto-Aztecan hasLanguage Cahuilla
linked to: Cahuilla people
Proto-Uto-Aztecan hasDescendant Cahuilla
linked to: Cahuilla people
Ipai people neighboringGroup Cahuilla people
Oasis of Mara usedBy Cahuilla people
Payómkawichum relatedEthnicGroup Cahuilla
linked to: Cahuilla people
Takic languages usedBy Cahuilla people
Cahuilla Band of Indians ethnicGroup Cahuilla people
Mission Indians ethnicallyRelatedTo Cahuilla people
Morongo Indian Reservation ethnicGroup Cahuilla people
Gabrielino relatedEthnicGroup Cahuilla
linked to: Cahuilla people
Cabazon Band of Mission Indians people Cahuilla people
Cabazon Band of Mission Indians ethnicGroup Cahuilla
linked to: Cahuilla people
Serrano tribes relatedEthnicGroup Cahuilla people
Takic branch ethnicGroup Cahuilla people
Takic branch hasSubgroup Cahuilla-Cupeño group
linked to: Cahuilla people