Cahuilla Nation

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The Cahuilla Nation is a Native American people indigenous to inland Southern California, known for their rich cultural traditions, complex social organization, and historical presence in the desert and mountain regions of the area.

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Cahuilla Nation canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American people ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
ceremony initiation rites ⓘ
mourning ceremony ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalRevitalization language revitalization programs ⓘ
traditional arts education ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf United States ⓘ
hasFederallyRecognizedTribe Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians ⓘ
Augustine Band of Cahuilla Indians ⓘ
Cahuilla Band of Indians ⓘ
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 ⓘ
historicalEvent contact with Spanish colonizers in 18th century ⓘ
involvement in California Mission system impacts ⓘ
land dispossession in 19th century ⓘ
indigenousTo Colorado Desert ⓘ
San Bernardino Mountains ⓘ
San Jacinto Mountains ⓘ
Santa Rosa Mountains ⓘ
Southern California ⓘ
inland Southern California ⓘ
language Cahuilla language ⓘ
languageFamily Uto-Aztecan languages ⓘ
linked to: Uto-Aztecan
notableScholarshipOn ethnography by Alfred L. Kroeber ⓘ
ethnography by Lowell John Bean ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Cupeño people ⓘ
Luiseño people ⓘ
Serrano people ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Native American Church ⓘ
traditional Cahuilla religion ⓘ
socialOrganization clan-based system ⓘ
patrilineal clans ⓘ
state California ⓘ
subgroupOf Takic-speaking peoples ⓘ
traditionalCraft basketry ⓘ
net-making ⓘ
pottery ⓘ
traditionalEconomy acorn processing ⓘ
agave harvesting ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
traditionalFood acorn mush ⓘ
agave hearts ⓘ
mesquite meal ⓘ
traditionalHousing kíicha (brush house) ⓘ
traditionalRegion Coachella Valley ⓘ
Inland Empire region ⓘ
Palm Springs area ⓘ
linked to: Palm Springs

San Gorgonio Pass ⓘ

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