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Kumeyaay (Diegueno) · kumeyaay · diegueno · dieguino · Kumiai · Iipaay · Mat Tipaay-Iipaay · Tipaay · Diegueño · Mission Indians · DieguenoKumeyaay (Diegueno)
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- Region
- California
In the record
The United States made one treaty or agreement that names Kumeyaay (Diegueno) as a party: California Treaty L: Village of Santa Isabel, 1852 (unratified).
C. C. Royce’s 1899 schedule records 4 cessions of land from Kumeyaay (Diegueno): about 3.5 million acres by this atlas’s estimate, counting overlaps once. 2 of them came through treaties the Senate never ratified. The largest was Land of the Diegueño in California, ceded 1852 (area 310), about 3.5 million acres, ceded under California Treaty L: Village of Santa Isabel, 1852 (unratified).
Today, Campo Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Campo Indian Reservation, California, Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay Indians, Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel, California, Inaja Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Inaja and Cosmit Reservation, California, Jamul Indian Village of California, La Posta Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the La Posta Indian Reservation, California and 4 more carry this history, as their own pages or research records say.
Written from the records linked here; open any of them for its sources. This is what the United States’ treaty record says, not the nation’s own account.
The record over time
Circles are land the United States recorded as ceded, sized by acres and colored by how it was taken. Bars are treaties, broken promises, court cases and land returns.
Names
Each name shows where it comes from. A nation’s own name is shown as the nation writes it.
Self-names
- IipaayKumeyaay
- Mat Tipaay-IipaayKumeyaay
- TipaayKumeyaay
Names in treaties and records
- DiegueñoSpanish
- Mission Indians
Other names in English
- KumiaiKumeyaay
Land recorded as ceded
- Unratified treaty4 million
Estimate from Royce’s maps; overlapping cessions counted once. Not a survey or legal measure.
4 cessions. Follow Kumeyaay (Diegueno) through the years on the map
Who is doing the work
This history belongs to living nations. Start with them:
- Campo Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Campo Indian Reservation, California
- Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay Indians
- Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel, California
- Inaja Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Inaja and Cosmit Reservation, California
- Jamul Indian Village of California
- La Posta Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the La Posta Indian Reservation, California
- Manzanita Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Manzanita Reservation, California
- Mesa Grande Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Mesa Grande Reservation, California
Working with these nations
- Kumeyaay Diegueno Land Conservancy (KDLC) Nation government Acquiring and preserving sacred and culturally sensitive lands in Kumeyaay aboriginal territory Give on their site Website
Native legal and land defense, nationally
- Native American Rights Fund (NARF) Native-led Litigation and legal advocacy for tribal sovereignty, treaty rights, land and resources Give on their site Website
- NDN Collective (LANDBACK Campaign) Native-led LANDBACK campaign (launched 2020; Mount Rushmore closure and return of Black Hills public lands), Indigenous… Give on their site Website
- Indian Land Tenure Foundation (ILTF) Native-led Land recovery and control by tribes and individual Indian landowners Website
- Decolonizing Wealth Project (Indigenous Earth Fund; California Tribal Land Return) Native-led Reparative philanthropy Give on their site Website
Gifts go straight to each organization; this atlas takes nothing. Listing is not endorsement: how organizations are listed.
Connections
These links were matched automatically by name or date and have not yet been reviewed by a person.
Present-day governments that carry this history 10
- Campo Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Campo Indian Reservation, California
- Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay Indians
- Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel, California
- Inaja Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Inaja and Cosmit Reservation, California
- Jamul Indian Village of California
- La Posta Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the La Posta Indian Reservation, California
- Manzanita Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Manzanita Reservation, California
- Mesa Grande Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Mesa Grande Reservation, California
- San Pasqual Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of California
- Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation
Land recorded in this nation’s name 6
- Land of the Co-com-cah-ra, Kah-wè-a and others in California, ceded 1852 (area 308)1852matched by the Forest Service, under review
- Land of the Diegueño in California, ceded 1852 (area 310)1852as named in the 1899 record
- Reservation of the Co-com-cah-ra, Kah-wè-a and others in California (area 307)1852matched by the Forest Service, under review
- Reservation of the Diegueño in California (area 309)1852as named in the 1899 record
- Reservation of the Mission Indians (San Pasqual and Pala Valley) in California (area 527)1870as named in the 1899 record
- Reservation of the Mission Indians (San Pasqual and Pala Valley) in California (area 528)1870matched by the Forest Service, under review
Includes 2
Party to 1
Governed by 1
Sources
- missionvalley.sdsu.edu/riverpark/historyreference work
the Kumeyaay have been referred to as Diegueño, Mission Indians, Kumeyaay, Kumiai and Iipaay or Tipaay.
- viejasbandofkumeyaay.org/viejas-community/kumeyaay-history/unclassified
The Kumeyaay, referred to as Diegueño by the Spanish, were the original native inhabitants of San Diego County.
Research notes
Label from California treaty L party text; "Diegueno" is a period exonym.
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