Nation
Mesa Grande Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Mesa Grande Reservation, CaliforniaMesa Grande Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Mesa Grande Reservation, California
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- Official name
- Mesa Grande Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Mesa Grande Reservation, California
- Recorded status
- Listed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (91 FR 4102, January 30, 2026)
In the record
This nation carries the history of Dieguino and Kumeyaay (Diegueno) in the treaty record.
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.
Land recorded as ceded
This nation carries the history of peoples named in Royce’s schedule. Their record:
- 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
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
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Carries the treaty history of 2
Governed by 1
Sources
- viejasbandofkumeyaay.org/viejas-community/kumeyaay-history/unclassified
Kumeyaay tribal members are divided into 12 separate bands: Barona, Campo, Ewiiaapaayp, Inaja-Cosmit, Jamul, LaPosta, Manzanita, Mesa Grande, San Pasqual, Santa Ysabel, Sycuan, and Viejas.
- Indian Entities Recognized by and Eligible To Receive Services From the BIA, 91 FR 4102 (Jan. 30, 2026)primary record
Listed in 91 FR 4102 (Jan. 30, 2026).
- Kind
- Nation
- Confidence
- High
- Nation review
- Not yet reviewed by this nation