Cahuilla
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FOUR DIRECTIONS
INSTITUTE Cahuilla |
| Ethnie: | CAHUILLA |
| Language: | Southern Takic |
| Family: | Takic |
| Stock: | Uto-Aztecan |
| Phylum: | Aztec-Tanoan |
| Macro-Culture: | Chungichnich |
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| The Takic peoples arrived in southern California about 2,500 years ago. All were peaceful hunter/ gatherer mountain and desert cultures. The Cahuilla delineation was a result of the Spanish missionization which separated them from the so called Cupeño. They were several closely connected villages who ranged over the entire San Bernardino basin, the San Jacinto Mountains, and the Coachella Valley. |
| Aboriginal Locations |
| Desert, Mountain, Western or Pass (19 total villages) |
| Present Locations |
| AGUA CALIENTE RESERVATION, Palm Springs |
| AUGUSTINE RESERVATION, Thermal |
| CAHUILLA RESERVATION, Hemet |
| COLORADO RIVER RESERVATION, Parker, AZ |
| LOS COYOTES RESERVATION, Warner Springs |
| MORONGO RESERVATION, Banning |
| RAMONA RESERVATION, Riverside |
| SANTA ROSA RESERVATION, Hemet |
| SOBOBA RESERVATION, San Jacinto |
| TORRES MARTINEZ RESERVATION, Thermal |
| Year | History |
| 1774 | Juan Bautista de Anza expedition |
| 1781 | Yumas closed land route to Whites |
| 1811 | Revolted against the missions along with the Serrano, Gabrielino, and Yuma |
| 1819 | Several asistencias established nearby |
| 1845 | Chief Juan Antonio recruited to attack Luiseño in Mexican War, killed 33 to 100 at Temecula |
| 1850 | Revolted along with Yuma and Cocopa at Cupeño village over property tax imposition |
| 1863 | Smallpox epidemic from infected blankets given by Whites |
| 1891 | Reservations established |
| 1913 | Killed Indian Agent |
| Year | Population | Source |
| 1700 | 8,0000 | NAHDB calculation |
| 1770 | 8,000 | Bean estimate |
| 1800 | 8,000 | NAHDB calculation |
| 1865 | 1,181 | Harley estimate |
| 1891 | 1,156 | Harley estimate |
| 1892 | 1,262 | Shipek estimate |
| 1900 | 1,300 | NAHDB calculation |
| 1970 | 1,629 | Census |
| 1981 | 2,051 | NAHDB calculation using BIA data |
| 1989 | 2,807 | NAHDB calculation using BIA data |
| 2000 | 3,000 | NAHDB projection |
| Other speakers of the same language: |
| Cupeno, Juaneno, Luiseno |
| Cahuilla links: |
| Agua Caliente Cultural Museum http://prinet.com/accmuseum |
| Agua Caliente History http://www.aguacaliente.org/acthis.html |
| Cabazon Band of Mission Indians http://www.cabazonindians.com/who.html |
| Cahuilla Creation Story http://www4.hmc.edu:8001/humanities/indigenous/Cahuilla.htm |
| Cahuilla - ES Curtis http://www.curtis-collection.com/tribe%20data/cahuilla.html |
| Cahuilla Indian Tribe http://www.jurupa.com/history/cahuilla.html |
| Falling Rock http://www.hanksville.org/artists/GClarke/ |
| A Little Information About the Cahuillas http://www.xeri.com/Moapa/cahuilla.htm |
| Malki Museum Press http://www.the-pass.com/Malki/mpress.html |
| Luiseno/Cahuilla Group - SFSU Narrative http://bss.sfsu.edu/calstudies/Native%20Web%20Pages/luiseno.html |
| Songs from the Land http://www.enviroweb.org/wardvalley/html/song_article.html |
| Suffocating in Silence http://www.turtletrack.org/Issues/Co02122000/CO_02122000_language.htm |
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