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 of America
surface form: United States
culturalPractice ceremonial dances
song traditions
storytelling
ethnicGroupOf Mexico
United States of America
surface form: United States
haveCommunityIn Baja California
haveReservationIn Imperial County
San Diego County
historicalEvent Mission San Diego de Alcalá
surface form: affected by Mission San Diego de Alcalá

resisted Spanish colonization
knownFor acorn processing
basketry
environmental knowledge
rock art
language Kumeyaay language
languageFamily Hokan languages
surface form: Hokan language family
nativeTo Baja California
San Diego metropolitan area
surface form: San Diego region

northern Baja California
Southern California
surface form: southern California
partOf Yuman peoples
preContactLifestyle horticulturalists
hunter-gatherer
relatedGroup Cocopah people
Paipai people
Quechan people
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholicism

Protestantism
traditional Kumeyaay religion
subgroupOf Upland Yuman
surface form: Delta–California 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
surface form: Baja California Peninsula

Imperial County
San Diego County

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Kamia dialect spokenBy Kumeyaay people
Kamia dialect ethnicGroup Kumeyaay people
this entity surface form: Kumeyaay
Delta–California Yuman spokenInPastBy Kumeyaay people
Cocopa (Mexico) relatedEthnicGroup Kumeyaay people
Barona Band of Mission Indians primaryPeople Kumeyaay people
this entity surface form: Kumeyaay
Barona Band of Mission Indians partOf Kumeyaay people