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The Cupeño (or Kuupangaxwichem) are a Native American tribe of Southern California. They traditionally lived about inland and north of the modern day Mexico–United States border in the Peninsular Range of Southern California. Today their descendants are members of the federally recognized tribes known as the Pala Band of Luiseno Mission Indians, Morongo Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians, and Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeno Indians. History Several different groups combined to form Cupeño culture around 1000 to 1200 AD. They were closely related to Cahuilla culture.Bean and Smith, 588 The Cupeño people traditionally lived in the mountains in the San Jose Valley at the headwaters of the San Luis Rey River.Pritzker, 124 Their name in their own language is "Kuupangaxwichem" ("people who slept here").
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Cupeño Village Of Cupa
The Cupeño (or Kuupangaxwichem) are a Native American tribe of Southern California. They traditionally lived about inland and north of the modern day Mexico–United States border in the Peninsular Range of Southern California. Today their descendants are members of the federally recognized tribes known as the Pala Band of Luiseno Mission Indians, Morongo Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians, and Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeno Indians. History Several different groups combined to form Cupeño culture around 1000 to 1200 AD. They were closely related to Cahuilla culture.Bean and Smith, 588 The Cupeño people traditionally lived in the mountains in the San Jose Valley at the headwaters of the San Luis Rey River.Pritzker, 124 Their name in their own language is "Kuupangaxwichem" ("people who slept here").
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Cupeño Map
The Cupeño (or Kuupangaxwichem) are a Native American tribe of Southern California. They traditionally lived about inland and north of the modern day Mexico–United States border in the Peninsular Range of Southern California. Today their descendants are members of the federally recognized tribes known as the Pala Band of Luiseno Mission Indians, Morongo Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians, and Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeno Indians. History Several different groups combined to form Cupeño culture around 1000 to 1200 AD. They were closely related to Cahuilla culture.Bean and Smith, 588 The Cupeño people traditionally lived in the mountains in the San Jose Valley at the headwaters of the San Luis Rey River.Pritzker, 124 Their name in their own language is "Kuupangaxwichem" ("people who slept here").
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Cupeño Language
Cupeño is an language death, extinct Uto-Aztecan languages, Uto-Aztecan language, formerly spoken by the Cupeño people of Southern California, United States. Roscinda Nolasquez (d. 1987) was the last native speaker of Cupeño. The Cupeño people now speak English. The native name Kupangaxwicham means 'people from the sleeping place' referring to their traditional homeland, prior to 1902, of Ktipa (at the base of Warner's Hot Springs). A smaller village was located to the South of Ktipa, named Wildkalpa. Throughout the 1890s it was debated whether or not the Cupeño peoples should be allowed to continue living on traditional Cupeño territory. After many years of public protests the California Supreme Court decided to relocate the Cupeño people to the Pala Indian Reservation, Pala Reservation. Cupeño has linguistic influence from both the languages that preceded it and the Yuman–Cochimí languages, Yuman-speaking Kumeyaay, Ipai, who shared their southern border. Region The ...
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Pala Band Of Luiseno Mission Indians
The Pala Indian Reservation is located in the middle of San Luis Rey River Valley in northern San Diego County, California, east of the community of Fallbrook, and has been assigned feature ID 272502. Historic variant names used to describe the area include Mission Indian Reservation and Mission Indian Reserve. Its members, the federally recognized tribe of the Pala Band of Mission Indians, are descended from both Cupeño and Luiseño peoples, who have shared territory since 1901. A total of five other federally recognized tribes of Luiseño are located in southern California and is the most populated reservation in San Diego County. The reservation has a land area of 52.163 km² (20.140 sq mi) and reported an official resident population of 1,573 persons in the 2000 census, about 44 percent of whom were of solely Native American heritage. Robert H. Smith is the Tribal Chairman. Politics The Pala Band of Mission Indians is governed by a six-member Executive Committee. ...
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Los Coyotes Band Of Cahuilla And Cupeno Indians
Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeño Indians of the Los Coyotes Reservation is a federally recognized tribe of Cahuilla and Cupeño Indians, who were Mission Indians located in California.California Indians and Their Reservations.
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Reservation

Los Coyotes Reservation () is located in northeastern . Of 288 enrolled tribal members, about 74 live on the reservation. It was founded in 1889. Their reservation is the largest in San Diego County. An drive from

Warner Springs, California
Warner Springs is set of springs and a small unincorporated community in northern San Diego County, California. Warner Springs is on the Pacific Crest Trail. Geography Warner Springs has a post office and the ZIP code is 92086. It is located near the Palomar Observatory and Warner Springs Ranch. It is located on State Route 79, which connects to the city of Temecula to the north and the communities of Santa Ysabel and Julian to the south. Warner Springs is also a popular area for gliding, due to the topography of the Peninsular Ranges in the area. History The Cupeño people were long time indigenous inhabitants of the Warner Springs area. The Cupeño/Cahuilla ''Agua Caliente'' rancheria village was located at the hot springs (Spanish: ''agua caliente'') located here. The hot springs were discovered by Spanish explorers of upper ''Las Californias province'' in 1795. 19th century The Santa Ysabel Asistencia (satellite mission) was founded about to the south of the ''Agu ...
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Cahuilla
The Cahuilla , also known as ʔívil̃uqaletem or Ivilyuqaletem, are a Native American people of the various tribes of the Cahuilla Nation, living in the inland areas of southern California."California Indians and Their Reservations.
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Their original territory included an area of about . The traditional Cahuilla territory was near the geographic center of . It was bounded to the north by the , to the south by
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Garra Revolt
The Yuma War was the name given to a series of United States military operations conducted in southern California and what is today southwestern Arizona from 1850 to 1853. The Quechan (also known as Yuma) were the primary opponent of the United States Army, though engagements were fought between the Americans and other native groups in the region. Background After the Mexican Cession, American settlers headed west over the Colorado River to take part in the California Gold Rush, many of whom crossed over Quechan lands. Seeing the opportunity, the Quechans established a ferry business near the junction of the Gila and the Colorado Rivers to transport American settlers on their way to California, drawing ire from white American ferry businesses operating on the Colorado River. First Yuma War Glanton Massacre In early 1850, California outlaw John Joel Glanton and his gang of twelve men partnered with Jaeger's Ferry by sabotaging Quechan ferry operations and destroying their ...
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Cahuilla People
The Cahuilla , also known as ʔívil̃uqaletem or Ivilyuqaletem, are a Native American people of the various tribes of the Cahuilla Nation, living in the inland areas of southern California."California Indians and Their Reservations.
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Their original territory included an area of about . The traditional Cahuilla territory was near the geographic center of . It was bounded to the north by the San Bernardino Mountains, to the south by

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Morongo Band Of Cahuilla Mission Indians
The Morongo Band of Mission Indians is a federally recognized tribe in California, United States. The main tribal groups are Cahuilla and Serrano. Tribal members also include Cupeño, Luiseño, and Chemehuevi Indians. Although many tribes in California are known as Mission Indians, some, such as those at Morongo, were never a part of the Spanish Missions in California. The Morongo Reservation is located in Riverside County, California in the San Gorgonio Pass. Established as the Portrero Reservation by executive order in 1876 under President Ulysses S. Grant, and called Malki by the Native Americans, the ''Morongo'' name was adopted by 1908 when the land was patented to the Morongo Band of Mission Indians. The tribe has developed a large casino and hotel resort at Cabazon to generate revenues for tribal welfare and economic development. Reservation The Morongo Reservation () is located at the base of the San Gorgonio and San Jacinto Mountains. It is more than in size. On M ...
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Luiseño People
The Luiseño or Payómkawichum are an indigenous people of California who, at the time of the first contacts with the Spanish in the 16th century, inhabited the coastal area of southern California, ranging from the present-day southern part of Los Angeles County to the northern part of San Diego County, and inland . In the Luiseño language, the people call themselves ''Payómkawichum'' (also spelled ''Payómkowishum''), meaning "People of the West." After the establishment of Mission San Luis Rey de Francia (The Mission of Saint Louis King of France), "the Payómkawichum began to be called San Luiseños, and later, just Luiseños by Spanish missionaries due to their proximity to this San Luis Rey mission. Today there are six federally recognized tribes of Luiseño bands based in southern California, all with reservations. Another organized band is not federally recognized. History Pre-colonization The Payómkawichum were successful in utilizing a number of natural resour ...
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European Americans
European Americans (also referred to as Euro-Americans) are Americans of European ancestry. This term includes people who are descended from the first European settlers in the United States as well as people who are descended from more recent European arrivals. European Americans have been the largest panethnic group in the United States since about the 17th century. The Spaniards are thought to be the first Europeans to establish a continuous presence in what is now the contiguous United States, with Martín de Argüelles ( 1566) in St. Augustine, then a part of Spanish Florida, and the Russians were the first Europeans to settle in Alaska, establishing Russian America. The first English child born in the Americas was Virginia Dare, born August 18, 1587. She was born in Roanoke Colony, located in present-day North Carolina, which was the first attempt, made by Queen Elizabeth I, to establish a permanent English settlement in North America. In the 2016 American Community ...
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