A Teacher’s Guide to Historical and Contemporary Kumeyaay Culture: A Supplemental Resource for Third and Fourth Grade Teachers by Geralyn Marie Hoffman and Lynn H. Gamble, Ph.D. Institute for Regional Studies of the Californias San Diego State University 2006 This amazing resource supplements the historical record and discusses pre- and Read more…
In this presentation Michael Connolly Miskwish provides us with an overview of the cosmology of the Kumeyaay. Kumeyaay cosmology was traditionally intertwined with ceremonies, harvest & hunts, burning schedules and the acquisition of spiritual power. Personal conduct was subject to cosmological constraints and rewards. Cosmology was so important that Spanish Read more…
Kumeyaay songs and stories, as told by Stan Rodriguez. This video is part of the Learning Landscapes curriculum produced by the Kumeyaay Diegueno Land Conservancy, with the contributions from: Laguna Resource Services, Inc.; Michael Connolly Miskwish, Stan Rodriguez, Martha Rodriguez Organizations included: Kumeyaay Diegueno Land Conservancy, Kumeyaay Community College, Sycuan Read more…
La Rumorosa Rock Art: A Survey of Kumeyaay and Related Artwork in Southern California, Colorado River Corridor, Western Arizona and Baja California. The Kumeyaay and their ancestors have lived on the Baja-California border at least 10,000 years in accordance with a recent excavation near Jacumba. Their descendants are probably the Yuman Read more…
San Diego County is home to Kumeyaay Community College, where indigenous and non-indigenous students can obtain an Associate in Arts in Kumeyaay Studies from an accredited college that teaches arts, science, language and botany based on Kumeyaay perspectives. The Mission of Kumeyaay Community College is to promote a quality education Read more…
Cultural Museum brings ancient Kumeyaay ways to life
Enjoy this recording from the San Diego History Center of a presentation by Dr. Theresa Gregor, from the Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel.
Emmy award winning Our People. Our History. Our Culture. tells the story of Sycuan and the Kumeyaay nation through the words of its people—Tribal elders, Council leaders, family members and the next generation. Augmented by incisive observations from Native American historians and a range of subject matter experts, this documentary Read more…
From KPBS News on the status of the border wall opposed by the Kumeyaay Nation and many other groups.