JUAN MEZA CUERO Kumiai Tipaay Bird Singer Wildcat

Juan Meza Cuero AKA Jon Mesa, Kumeyaay Kumiai Tipaay Tipai, Echkwechyaaw, a highly-respected tribal Song Leader and teacher of Nyemii (Wildcat, Gato) Tipai songs, sings generational Yuman bird songs to a southern Diegueño Kumiai Tipai Tipay and northern Iipai Iipay community gathering during the San Antonio Necua annual Kumeyaay fiesta, Baja California, northern Mexico, June 13, 2005.

In this photo, used in Juan's obituary and memorial, the Kumeyaay tribal birdsingers are shaking traditional California Indian gourd rattles to accompany their Native American Indian singing to traditional bird dancers in a rual Kumiai mountain ejido.

Jon Mesa is one of the best known turn of the 21st century famous Native American Indian Kumeyaay birdsingers wildcat singers in Southern California, County of San Diego County and Baja California Norte, northern Mexico indigenous communities.

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PROFESSIONAL POWWOW PHOTOGRAPHY -- Over 100 professional photographs of the 16th Annual Sycuan Pow Wow featuring Yuman bird singing and Yuman bird dancing, regional gathering include the Diegueno Diegueño Kumeyaay Kumiai Tipay Iipay, Mohave, Quechan, Cocopah Cucapa, Cahuilla, Pai Pai Paipai, Ipai Tipai, Hualapai, Kiliwa, Havasupai, Maricopa, Yavapai, and Luiseño Luiseno Indians of Southern California and northern Baja California, Mexico.

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