Kumeyaay Tribe

1. The Spanish rename the Kumeyaay tribe The Digueno.


2. The three main foods of the Kumeyaay were mollusks, grunion, wild fruits, berries, stapple acorn


3. The three groups the Kumeyaay were divided are called Ipai, Tipai, Kamia.


4. No, they didnt convert into Christanity.


5. A force of Kumeyaay surrounded Mission San Diego de Alcala and set fire to its wooden structures and attacked a small contingent of spaniards.


6. Currently there are about 20,000 Kumeyaay decendants in San Diego.


7. Women had tattoes in their chins and sometimes in foreheads, cheeks, arms, breasts as well. Men sometimes had them on their legs. And painting in the face and body were also used for body decoration and ceremonial purposes.


8. Women wore willow bark shirts. Men usually wore no clothing only a woven agave belts to hold tools for hunting and gathering.They sometimes wore agave fiber sandals over rocky or thorny areas but usually went barefoot. In cold weather men and women wore a rabbit fur blanket.


9. They were experts on making baskets and weaving which were worn as hats by both men and women. Also they used it as a bowl to carry water.


10. Cuyamaca State Park.