Kawaiisu

Kawaiiasu
Nuwa
A Kawaiisu family
Total population
2010: 60 alone and in combination[1]
Regions with significant populations
 United States ( California)
Languages
English, Tehachapi[2]
Religion
traditional tribal religion, Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Utes, Chemehuevis, and Southern Paiutes

The Kawaiisu (pronounced: ″ka-wai-ah-soo″[needs IPA]) are a Native Californian ethnic group in the United States who live in the Tehachapi Valley and to the north across the Tehachapi Pass in the southern Sierra Nevada, toward Lake Isabella and Walker Pass. Historically, the Kawaiisu also traveled eastward on food-gathering trips to areas in the northern Mojave Desert, to the north and northeast of the Antelope Valley, Searles Valley, as far east as the Panamint Valley, the Panamint Mountains, and the western edge of Death Valley. Today, some Kawaiisu people are enrolled in the Tule River Indian Tribe.[2]

  1. ^ "2010 Census" (PDF). census.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-12-09.
  2. ^ a b California Indians and Their Reservations: Kawaiisu Archived 2015-07-06 at the Wayback Machine San Diego State University Library and Information Access. Retrieved 30 June 2013.

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