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	Cahuilla information
		Just as it is supposed regarding the southern Paiute (Moapa bands) to the north, it is thought that the Cahuilla may have learned to make pottery from their eastern neighbors, the pueblos.
		The Cahuilla, as were most tribes of this heritage, were very adept at basket making and usually used the coiled method for construction.
		Perhaps in a bittersweet twist of fortune, the Cahuilla were partially spared the wars and some of the atrocities which befell most other surrounding Original American communities.
	www.xeri.com /Moapa/cahuilla.htm (848 words)

	Cahuilla - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Cahuilla are a tribe of Native Americans that have inhabited California for more than 2000 years, originally covering an area of about 2,400 square miles (6,200 km²).
		Evidence shows that when the Cahuilla first moved into the area a large body of water now called Lake Cahuilla was in existence, which confirms oral legends.
		In addition to the influx of Anglo-American miners, ranchers and outlaws, and groups of Mormon colonists, the Cahuilla came into conflict with the neighboring Cupeńo tribe to the west.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cahuilla (558 words)

	Encyclopedia of North American Indians - - Cahuilla (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The most damaging effects the Europeans had were in losses of Cahuilla land, the death of perhaps 80 percent of the Cahuilla peoples from European diseases, and the gradual loss of Cahuilla political autonomy.
		Today, most of the descendants of the Cahuillas are residents of reservations where, until recently, the people engaged in agriculture, viticulture, cattle raising, and wage labor.
		Cahuillas have been and are actively engaged in teaching and publishing works about their traditional culture and history.
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/naind/html/na_005300_cahuilla.htm (1046 words)

	Joshua Tree NP: Native American Ethnography And Ethnohistory (Cahuilla)
		According to Cahuilla tradition, each individual had a tewlavelem, or soul spirit, that persisted after his or her death in temelkis, the land of the dead, where all the tewlavelem and the nukatem (people from Creation Time) lived, and which was located somewhere to the east.
		The Cahuilla creator gods were twin brothers, Mukat and Temayawet, who fought over who was the older, in keeping with Cahuilla respect for the aged, a useful adaptation in a difficult environment since it encouraged younger people to draw on the wisdom of their elders in threatening situations.
		Cahuillas were very active in the 1920s and 1930s in the struggle to resist the allotment of reservation land to individual Indians, but eventually Morongo, Agua Caliente, and Tones-Martinez reservations were allotted.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/jotr/history6.htm (2985 words)

	Cahuilla
		Cahuilla (ATF-152) was launched 2 November 1944 by Charleston Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Charleston, S.C.; sponsored by Mrs.
		Cahuilla's first service to the Navy was a brief tour as antisubmarine attack teacher at Norfolk, Va. From there she sailed 18 April 1945 towing Pegasus (AK-48) for Pearl Harbor.
		Cahuilla was transferred to Argentina on 9 July 1961; she serves as Comandante General Irigoyen.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/c1/cahuilla.htm (250 words)

	Cahuilla Basketry
		Some of the animals in the area that the Cahuilla ate were badgers, chipmunks, cotton tails, mice, deer, raccoons, bighorn sheep, squirrels, quails, ducks, rattlesnakes, ants, grasshoppers and some fish that they caught in mountain streams.
		Every Cahuilla was part of one of these moieties and was assigned the same moiety as their father.
		Cahuilla only made coiled baskets that coiled out in a counterclockwise manner when looking at the bottom of the basket.
	www4.hmc.edu:8001 /humanities/indian/basketry/Cahuilla.html (1786 words)

	Prehistory portal
		The Natives in Loma Linda came from the Eastern desert, and were related to the Cahuilla people who now live in and around Palm Springs and Palm Desert.
		The Cahuilla ate soups and breads made from mashed acorns.
		Cahuilla lived in homes made of sticks and plants.
	rims.k12.ca.us /foot_prints/Files/prehistory_portal.htm (424 words)

	Agua Caliente Cultural Museum - Caring for your Cahuilla baskets
		Cahuilla baskets are highly regarded around the world for their fine weaving and their beauty of design.
		The monetary value of a Cahuilla basket is based on its age, condition, quality of manufacture, beauty of design, and the information available about its maker.
		Cahuilla baskets generally start at about $300 and go as high as many thousands of dollars.
	www.accmuseum.org /page.cfm?content=24 (639 words)

	American Indian Nations
		Diegueño, Cahuilla, Kamia) in regions where ecological conditions were favorable and where it provided a viable, competitive alternative to the sophisticated, well established economic institutions found in other parts of the state” (Bean and Blackburn 1976:11).
		Hooper’s ethnography deals primarily with the Desert Cahuilla. She presents a picture of the Cahuilla as they existed in 1918, and so is useful in providing a time marker for understanding Cahuilla cultural change and persistence. Topics included in her ethnography are origin beliefs, religious life, social life, “industries and knowledge”, and mythology.
		The reader should bear in mid that Cahuilla is a dying language. The material presented and described in this grammar is bound to be inhomogeneous, although I do conceive of it as of an ‘orderly heterogeneity.’.
	www.americanindian.ucr.edu /references/bibliographies/cahuilla.html (2273 words)

	Anza, California: NATIVE AMERICANS--Cahuilla
		The Cahuilla are called Yuhikit-om or Kwimkuch-um ('easterners') by the Luiseño, Tamikoch-em by the Cupeño, Kitanemunum by the Serrano proper, Kwitaneum-um by the Chemehuevi, Hakwicha by the Mohave, and a dialectic equivalent of Hakwicha by the other Yuman tribes that know them" (1925 p.
		CAHUILLA was a stock-raising community in Cahuilla (now Anza) Valley, once the home of a large group of Mountain Cahuilla, in the San Jacinto Mountains dating from San Diego County days.
		CAHUILLA POST OFFICE, named for its location in Cahuilla Valley in the San Jacinto Mountains, was established in what was then San Diego County on April 12, 1888, with Robert S.
	personal.linkline.com /shoe62/anza/cahuilla.html (1794 words)

	History of the Cahuilla Indians - Cahuilla Lodge # 127, Order of the Arrow, Boy Scouts of America
		Cahuilla (pronounced Kah-we-ah) means "masters" or "powerful one" and 2,500 years ago these fiercely resourceful people learned to survive the blistering temperatures of the dry, unyielding land by digging wells.
		The Cahuilla were divided into two moieties or groups of clans: the Wildcat and Coyote.
		Cahuilla baskets evidence the artistry and love of beauty by these peace-loving people.
	www.snakepower.org /history/cahuillaindians (268 words)

	CAHUILLA INDIANS
		Three Cahuilla sisters fearful of the hot bubbling spring, saw a baby in the water.
		This Cahuilla Maiden tried to save the baby, but she perished in a whirlwind down with the water of the spring.
		A member of the Cahuilla Tribe was used as the model for the "Cahuilla Maiden", which is located at the entry of the Spa on the corner of Tahquitz Canyon Way and Indian Canyon Drive.
	www.manataka.org /page550.html (1210 words)

	Cahuilla - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Evidence shows that when the Cahuilla first moved into the area a large body of water now called was in existence, which confirms oral legends.
		In 1877 the government established reservation boundaries which left the Cahuillas with only 2/3 of their previous lands.
		Many of the more mountainous areas are still largely unpopulated and some remaining small bands of Cahuilla carry on with relative quietness compared to the highly populated areas of the valley.
	www.ci.temecula.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Cahuilla (455 words)

	Cahuilla (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Cahuilla lived in the area of Southern California that stretched from the San Bernardino Mountains southward to the tip of the Salton Sea.
		The Cahuilla fashioned sandals from pieces of leather or woven fiber that were strapped to the feet with buckskin thongs.
		What is unique about the Cahuilla and their belief in life-after-death is the fact that since they did not have contact with Europeans until the late 1800s, their belief was a part of their lifestyle long before contact was made.
	www.scsc.k12.ar.us /2002Outwest/NaturalHistory/Projects/LachowskyR/Cahuilla.htm (562 words)

	The Living Desert - California Fan Palm
		That there is a strong association between Cahuilla archeological sites and palm groves should not be surprising considering that the groves provided them with water, food, shade, and the raw materials needed for domestic structures.
		A replica of a “kish”, a typical Cahuilla dwelling, is displayed in the Indian Ethnobotanical Garden at The Living Desert.
		It is believed that the Cahuilla initiated prescribed burns every four years in order to increase fruit production, remove debris, and to help promote seedling growth.
	www.livingdesert.org /plants/california_fan_palm.asp (620 words)

	Cahuilla mythology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		For the Cahuillas, cosmological values and concepts were established when the world was created by Mukat.
		The Cahuilla creation story tells of the origin of the world, the death of god (Mukat), and the consequences of that death for humans (e.g., the need for death, social roles, and so forth).
		It also describes the basic concepts of supernatural power and its proper use in the contemporary world.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cahuilla_mythology (203 words)

	Constitution of the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians, Torres Martinez Reservation, California (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		All persons enrolled on the census roll of the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians (formerly known as the Torres Martinez Band of Mission Indians) on August 16, 1957; provided that the roll may be corrected at any time by the Desert Cahuilla Tribe's enrollment committee and approved by a majority vote of the General Council.
		The governing body of the Desert Cahuilla Tribe shall be the General Council which shall consist of all enrolled adult voting members of the Desert Cahuilla Tribe eighteen (18) years of age or older.
		Be the official representative of the Desert Cahuilla Tribe and perform all duties as Chairperson in the absence of the Chairperson.
	www.narf.org /nill/Constitutions/tmarconst/torresconst.htm (4530 words)

	How the Cahuilla Indians Lived in Their Land from CobblestoneOnline.net
		Cahuilla people built their homes in small villages located near water sources and food gathering areas.
		Cahuillas often named places in their land by describing natural features, such as "place of acorn trees" or "place of palm trees." When a plant was eaten, an animal hunted, or something taken from the land, every Cahuilla knew that it must be done in the right way, and that appreciation should be shown.
		Although the Cahuilla still live on their land, some of the land today is used to run businesses.
	www.cobblestoneonline.net /wsp/how-cahuilla-indians-lived.html (916 words)

	Tribal Groupings in the Tierra Del Sol Region of the Library of California: 2001
		The word Cahuilla is thought to have come from the tribal word Kawiya, meaning "master." They were divided into small groups or tribelets in the foothills, mountain regions, and partly in the desert lands east of the Sierra divide, into two broad groups called the Coyote and the Wildcat.
		The Cahuilla population may have numbered as many as 10,000 in the 17th century, with about 5,000 remaining by the late 18th century.
		Around the turn of the 20th century, the Cupeños (250 or so) were forced by the government of California to move from their homes at Warner's Hot Springs to the Pala Reservation (which was Luiseño), awarding title to the Cupeño homeland at Warner's Springs to a man who was once governor of California.
	www.csusm.edu /bbiggs/loc/tribe_text.html (1604 words)

	David Largo: Cahuilla Potter
		The typical Cahuilla vessel was round bodied and round bottomed, a form which demonstrates a perfect balance between maximum volume and minimum surface area.
		Clay was abundant in the mountainous regions of Cahuilla territory; the low-lying desert communities also had fine clay deposits and a large number of shards have been found in desert sites, suggesting a highly developed earthenware technology.
		Life was so disrupted for the Cahuilla who survived that untold amounts of food remained in the field ungathered, mitigating the need for storage vessels.
	daphne.palomar.edu /ddozier/personal_pages/publications/david_largo.htm (2627 words)

	Luiseno (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		They dug wells as deep as 30 feet, and irrigated natural crops like chia (a type of sage with very high protein seeds), as well as clearing land by fire to kill weeds and foster the growth of useful plants, a practice which was also followed by the Chumash.
		Of their ceremonies, such as the first fruit ceremony, the rituals of puberty and rain rituals, the Birdsong ritual which commemorates the arrival of the Cahuilla, who migrated, like birds, into the area.
		The Cahuilla traded with the Yuma for gourd rattles, and with the Chemehuevi for basketry caps and conical burden baskets.
	bss.sfsu.edu /calstudies/NativeWebPages/luiseno.html (499 words)

	Cahuilla (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Cahuilla Elementary School is located in Palm Springs, a community in the Coachella Valley.
		As one of the fourteen elementary schools in the Palm Springs Unified School District, Cahuilla serves approximately 550 students in grades kindergarten through five.
		The staff of Cahuilla School is dedicated to providing all students a high quality education that includes a positive self-image and a love for learning.
	www.psusd.k12.ca.us /schools/cahuilla.html (98 words)

	Reconstruction of Prehistoric Lake Cahuilla in the Salton Sea Basin Using GIS and GPS
		Reconstruction of Prehistoric Lake Cahuilla in the Salton Sea Basin Using GIS and GPS
		For Lake Cahuilla to reach a maximum height of 12m asl, flows from the Colorado River would have to continually fill the Salton Basin for a period of 12 to 20 years (Wilke op.
		To supplement this, a 10m contour was interpolated with the 11.9m contour used for the California side of Lake Cahuilla (Figure 1).
	gis.esri.com /library/userconf/proc00/professional/papers/PAP751/p751.htm (886 words)

	Native American Society
		The area of Southern California from the San Bernadino Mountains to the mouth of the Salton Sea was home to the Cahuilla, "master boss," Indians.
		Accomplished hunters, the Cahuilla of mountainous areas hunted big game such as elk and deer and those in the valleys snared small animals like rabbits and other small animals.
		Today, Cahuilla descendants remain together on a small reservation in Southern California where they are trying to return to the lifestyle of their ancestors.
	www.thewildwest.org /interface/index.php?action=195 (364 words)

	Ancient Lake Cahuilla
		The last of the Pleistocene lakes to occupy the basin was Lake Cahuilla, identified on older maps as Lake Leconte.
		Lake Cahuilla was possibly one of the largest lakes of the past.
		Further evidence discloses that about 900 years ago, while Lake Cahuilla was a young, vigorous freshwater lake, the Cahuilla Indians, generally thought to be connected to the Aztecs by language, appeared from the northeast.
	home.att.net /~amcimages/singer.html (1492 words)

	eBay - cahuilla 127, Historical Memorabilia, Collectibles items on eBay.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Cahuilla Lodge 127 - OA Flap - S34
		Cahuilla Lodge 127 - OA Flap - S33
		Cahuilla Lodge 127 - 1992 NOAC Flap - Purple Bdr - S35
	search-desc.ebay.com /search/search.dll?query=cahuilla+127&newu=1&krd=1 (439 words)

	Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indian Tribe, Tribal Code, Corporation Ordinance
		Corporations created as sub-entities of the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indian Tribal Government shall not be required to issue shares for the purpose of delineating ownership in the corporation.
		We, the undersigned, as the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indian Tribal Council, which is composed of 8 members of whom 5 constitutes a quorum, were present at a meeting on this 17TH day of February, 1996.
		The Tribal council, on behalf of the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians do certify that the foregoing Ordinance was adopted at a duly certified meeting by the affirmative vote of 5 members, negative vote of 0 members, and 1 member abstaining.
	www.narf.org /nill/Codes/tmcode/corporation.htm (3882 words)

	david johnson's webpage - lake cahuilla timeline
		Word of this quickly spreads throughout the Cahuilla Valley and by the end of the month it seems like half the population is in the surrounding hills, looking for gold.
		Cahuilla, in fact, is now a city of nearly 7,000, with Santa Cruz a not unimpressive 2,000.
		Cahuilla City’s got a lot of history behind it to glory in, but its only about 200,000 in population (admittedly, a good percentage of SoCals total population) and that number’s been pretty stable for some time.
	www.geocities.com /trolleyfan/cahuilla.html (7214 words)

	Cahuilla Native Americans of the Mojave & Sonoran Deserts - DesertUSA
		The Cahuilla people live in the Sonoran Desert and Mojave Desert regions of Southern California.
		The Cahuilla were originally designated as the Pass Cahuilla, Mountain Cahuilla and Desert Cahuilla.
		Today, the Cahuilla live on 9 reservations in some cases with Chemehuevi (Southern Paiute), Cupeno and Serrano peoples.
	www.desertusa.com /ind1/du_peo_cahuilla.html (147 words)

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