Kumeyaay Corner

From NBC News Learn about San Diego tribes, who received $2M to find missing Indigenous people. Read and/or watch this great article and learn about the mission indigenous people crisis.

Learn about Kumeyaay in Northern Baja San Diego County is home to more Native American reservations than any other in the United States. Thirteen of the reservations belong to the Kumeyaay Nation that was split by force following the Mexican-American War that began in 1846 and ended two years later. Read more

Why learn about Kumeyaay history? Watch this great Introduction to the Kumeyaay Lectures from the San Diego History Center to find out.

Did you know, the Barona Cultural Center & Museum is San Diego County’s first museum on an Indian reservation dedicated to the perpetuation and presentation of the local Kumeyaay-Diegueño Native culture. The Barona Museum offers a unique educational journey for visitors of all ages. The Museum’s collection represents thousands of Read more

In 2024, Kumeyaay Comics released an amazing comic book about Kumeyaay culture and history from a Kumeyaay perspective. The 44 page comic book covers the history of what we now call California from the perspective of members of the Kumeyaay Nation located in and around San Diego. At San Diego Read more

This amazing project identifies the Kumeyaay names of Kumeyaay cultural spaces and natural resources in the Kumeyaay language. It also provides archaeological information where available and other interesting details. The research presented here was made possible by grants from the Sycuan Institute on Tribal Gaming and the UC Office of Read more

From KPBS “Port of Entry” Ojeda and Melendrez are members of the Kumeyaay community in San José de la Zorra, Baja California, which is located roughly an hour north of Ensenada and seven miles from Ejido El Porvenir. The journey from the Tijuana border to this location takes approximately three Read more

San Diego City College invites everyone to their exhibit reception and events for our Kumeyaay Design Exhibit over the next two months. All events are free and all workshops are drop-in style where the Kumeyaay artists are making and good conversations can happen. In conjunction with the San Diego and Read more

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