KUMEYAAY

The Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian "Our Lives" exhibition in Washington D.C. includes a featured section on the Kumeyaay Nation -- the Campo Band of Kumeyaay Indians, Mission Indians and their successful Golden Acorn Casino in Campo, California (San Diego County).

Campo Band of the Kumeyaay Nation official Kumeyaay Indian Nation web site: www.campo-nsn.gov

From the Smithsonian placards:

THE CAMPO BAND OF KUMEYAAY INDIANS

Tipaay N'Muht (The Earth People)

Howka!

We are the Campo Band of Kumeyaay Indians, one of 17 bands of the Kumeyaay Nation. Kumeyaay bands live in California and Mexico, and we, the Campo band, maintain family and cultural ties with all of them. We all come from one oak tree. Times change, the world is changing around us, but we still come from the same oak tree.

Our survival has always depended on the careful management of the environment. Like our ancestors, we use our resources to meet our needs. Today, we draw on traditional knowledge and practices to guide us into the future.

- Campo Kumeyaay Curators, 2003

INFORMATION ABOUT THE KUMEYAAY GOLDEN ACORN CASINO & TRAVEL CENTER.

PHOTO SHOOT and digital production contributed by Hank and Shirley Murphy.

Updated SOCIAL MAPPING PROJECT: Cartography pinpoints current locations and Colonial history -- the complete list of 13 Kumeyaay Indian reservations in the United States of America, and four Kumiai tribu ejidos in Mexico; 17 Indian reservations in the County of San Diego; old Indian maps; plus an interactive casino locator map listing all the tribally-owned Indian casinos and resorts in Southern California.

Kosa'aay village in the 21st century
Ground Zero for the Kumeyaay tribe:

Location of Kosa'aay pictured in 2026, now known as Old Town San Diego. "Presidio" translates to military fort. Junipero Serra Museum honors the Catholic priest who founded Mission San Diego de Alcalá in 1769 in or near Kosa'aay. Map: Google Earth

KUMEYAAY CULTURAL REPATRIATION:

The ground on which we stand is sacred ground. It is the dust and blood of our ancestors.

- Chief Plenty Coups, Crow (1848 - 1932)

SOVEREIGN INDIAN NATIONS

Like the eleven other federally-recognized Kumeyaay bands in San Diego County, California, USA -- the Campo band is a SOVEREIGN TRIBAL NATION.

Kumeyaay Councilman Hank Murphy and his wife, Shirley Murphy (Lakota) displays the national flag of the Kumeyaay-Diegueño Nation, 2006.

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT KUMEYAYY HISTORY in the United States and Baja California, Mexico, please visit our on-line Kumeyaay guide.

KUMEYAAY WEB SITE by GARY G. BALLARD, San Diego, California.