Kumeyaay Articles
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PRE-CONTACT ARTICLES
Cultural and Religious Ceremonies
Point Loma – Environmental Management of Pre-Contact Kumeyaay
Kumeyaay Society
Pre-contact Culture
Science of Astronomy
SPANISH PERIOD ARTICLES
Spanish Contact
MEXICAN PERIOD ARTICLES
The Mexican Period
SPANISH PERIOD ARTICLES
Sociopolitical aspects of the 1775 revolt at Mission San Diego de Alcala
MEXICAN PERIOD ARTICLES
The Rancho Period
We Did No Harm to You: Two Hundred Years of Native Voices
AMERICAN PERIOD ARTICLES
The American Entry
California Genocide
Indian Labor In San Diego County, California, 1850-1900
The Kumeyaay Threat of 1860-1880
The American Period
History Shadowed by Conflict
SOVEREIGNTY PERIOD ARTICLES
Sovereignty: What is it?
The Alcatraz Indian Occupation
KUMEYAAY PERIOD ARTICLES
A River Runs Through It
Customs and Traditions
Kumeyaay Basketry
Local Edible and Medicinal Plants
Old ways in the wake of change
The Campo Comes to Life
Honoring Our Elders
The Indians of San Diego County: the Kumeyaay/Diegueño, Luiseño, Juaneño, Cupeño, and Cahuilla
GENEAOLOGY - FINDING THE LOST
The Nunez Family - Azusa, California
OTHER ARTICLES
The Kumeyaay Millenium
Who are the Kumeyaay?
Yellow Sky
Traditional Origins of Southern CA Bird Songs
Native Americans Today
WAGE SLAVERY IN MISSION CALIFORNIA
Kwahup to San Diego's Indian Country
Fair Share: The History of What Is Owed The Native Peoples of California
Antonio Garra: Tarnished California Gold
Little acorn has big history as native staple
Tribal Resolution for UN Convention on the Richts of the Child
PUT MORE FUN (AND NUTRITION) INTO YOUR LIFE: EAT ACORNS!
Sociopolitical Aspects of the 1775 Revolt at Mission San Diego de Alcala: an Ethnohistorical Approach
RELIGIOUS PRACTICES
Girl's Adolescence Ceremony
Boy's Adolescence Ceremony
The Clothes Burning Ceremony