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 of America
surface form: United States
federallyRecognizedTribe Cahuilla people self-linksurface differs
surface form: Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians

Cahuilla people self-linksurface differs
surface form: Cahuilla Band of Indians

Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeño Indians
Morongo Band of Mission Indians
Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeño Indians
surface form: Ramona Band of Cahuilla

Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians
Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians
historicallyAffectedBy Spanish missions in California
surface form: California mission system

Mexican rule in California
United States expansion in the 19th century
historicallyContactedBy Spanish colonizers
indigenousTo Sonoran Desert
surface form: Colorado 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
surface form: Uto-Aztecan languages
partOf Takic peoples
practices bird songs tradition
ceremonial dances
presentIn Imperial County
surface form: Imperial County, California

Riverside County
surface form: Riverside County, California

San Diego County
surface form: San Diego County, California
relatedEthnicGroup Cahuilla people self-linksurface differs
surface form: Cupeño people

Tongva people
surface form: Gabrielino-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
Cajon Pass
surface form: San Gorgonio Pass
usesWritingSystem Latin alphabet

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this entity surface form: Cahuilla
Cahuilla language ethnicGroup Cahuilla people
this entity surface form: Cahuilla
this entity surface form: Cahuilla
Cahuilla people federallyRecognizedTribe Cahuilla people self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians
Cahuilla people federallyRecognizedTribe Cahuilla people self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Cahuilla Band of Indians
Mojave Desert hasCulturalSignificanceFor Cahuilla people
Cahuilla language hasDialect Cahuilla people
this entity surface form: Pass Cahuilla
Takic peoples hasEthnicGroup Cahuilla people
Anza Valley hasIndigenousHeritage Cahuilla people
this entity surface form: Cahuilla culture
Anza Valley historicallyInhabitedBy Cahuilla people
Uto-Aztecan includesLanguage Cahuilla people
this entity surface form: Cahuilla
California cultural area inhabitedBy Cahuilla people
Santa Rosa Mountains inhabitedBy Cahuilla people
this entity surface form: Cahuilla Nation
this entity surface form: Cahuilla Nation
Luiseño people neighboringPeople Cahuilla people
Tongva people neighboringPeople Cahuilla people
this entity surface form: Cahuilla tribes
this entity surface form: Cahuilla
Serrano people primaryAncestry Cahuilla people
subject surface form: Morongo Band of Mission Indians
this entity surface form: Cahuilla and Serrano people
Cahuilla people relatedEthnicGroup Cahuilla people self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Cupeño people
Serrano relatedEthnicGroup Cahuilla people
this entity surface form: Cahuilla
Serrano people relatedEthnicGroup Cahuilla people
Taaqtam relatedEthnicGroup Cahuilla people
Maarenga’yam relatedEthnicallyTo Cahuilla people
this entity surface form: Cahuilla
Cahuilla language usedBy Cahuilla people
this entity surface form: Cahuilla elders