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DIRECTIONS INSTITUTE
Diegueño |
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| Ethnie: | DIEGUENO (KUMEYAAY) |
| Language: | Delta-California Yuman |
| Family: | Yuman |
| Stock: | Esselen-Yuman |
| Phylum: | Hokan |
| Macro-Culture: | Southern California |
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| The Diegueño were a dialectic group of semi-sedentary hunter/gatherer bands. Their territory covered approximately southern San Diego County extending into Baja California. They took an aggressive posture toward the Spanish and their missions. This reduced somewhat the early negative effect of the White influx. (Populations and locations in Mexico are not included in this analysis) |
| Aboriginal Locations |
| Aha-hakaik, Ahta, Ahwat, Amai'-tu, Amat-kwa'-ahwat, Amotanebuwe, Anyaha, Awaskai, Ekwainak, Emitl-kwatai, Ewaiapaip, Guyapipe, Hakam, Hamacha, Hamul, Hanwi, Hapai, Hapawu, Hasasei, Hasumel, Hata'am, Hawai, Hawi, Ilokwi, Inmasi, Inyahkai, Kamachal, Kohwat, Kokwiltl, Kosmit, Kosoi, Kwalhwut, Kwatai, Maktati, Maramoido, Matamo, Mat-ahwat-is, Meti, Netlmol, Nipawai, Otai, Pauipu, Pauwai, Pokol, Pu-shuyi, Sekwan, Shana, Sinyau-tehwir, Sinyeweche, Tapanke, Tokakamalai, Wemura, Witlinak |
| Present Locations |
| BARONA RESERVATION, Lakeside |
| CAMPO RESERVATION, Campo |
| CAPITAN GRANDE RESERVATION, Alpine |
| CUYAPAIPE RESERVATION, Mount Laguna |
| INJA-COSMIT RESERVATION, Julian |
| JAMUL INDIAN VILLAGE, Jamul |
| LA POSTA RESERVATION, Riverside |
| MANZANITA RESERVATION, Boulevard |
| MESA GRANDE RESERVATION, Santa Ysabel |
| SAN PASQUAL RESERVATION, Valley Center |
| SANTA YSABEL RESERVATION, Santa Ysabel |
| SYCUAN RESERVATION, El Cajon |
| Year | History |
| 1542 | Cabrillo discovered San Diego Bay |
| 1769 | Mission San Diego de Alcala and the Presidio of San Diego established |
| 1776 | Attack San Diego Mission, killed 3, including only priest ever killed by California Indians |
| 1821 | Some of tribe indentured to feudal Mexican barons |
| 1863 | Probably affected by smallpox epidemic |
| Year | Population | Source |
| 1700 | 3,000 | NAHDB calculation |
| 1770 | 3,000 | Kroeber estimate |
| 1800 | 3,000 | NAHDB calculation |
| 1828 | 1,711 | San Diego mission records |
| 1856 | 2,500 | ARCIA |
| 1871 | 1,571 | Census |
| 1873 | 886 | Catholic Indian mission archives |
| 1883 | 731 | ARCIA |
| 1895 | 640 | ARCIA |
| 1900 | 700 | NAHDB calculation |
| 1913 | 901 | ARCIA |
| 1925 | 817 | ARCIA |
| 1940 | 957 | ARCIA |
| 1968 | 1,322 | ARCIA |
| 1981 | 2,083 | NAHDB estimate using BIA data |
| 1989 | 2,079 | NAHDB estimate using BIA data |
| 2000 | 2,500 | NAHDB projection |
| Other speakers of the same language: |
| Cocopa, Halykwami, Kamia, Kohuana |
| Last updated 08/03/07 Copyright © 2007 by Four Directions Press |