The Kumeyaay Tribe

1. The Spanish were naming indian groups they were 25,000 to 30,000 natives a new name it`s Disegueno.The old name was Kumeyaay.
2. The Diseguno ate lots of diffrent foods they hunted small game like rabbits, picked wild fruits, berries and their staple acorns.
3. They had three groups of people divided into three bands they were Ipai, Tapai and Kamia.
4. The Spanish did convert in Christianity they use the soldiers to subude them.
5. In November 4 and 5 in 1776, the Kumeyaay surrounded Mission San Diego de Alcala they set fire to its wooden structures and attacked a small contingent of Spanish.
6. Kumeyaay currently 20,000 people live in San Diego County.
7. Women tattooed their chins, foreheads, cheeks, arms and their breast. Men would tattoed their legs and would paint sometimes their faces.
8. Women would wear willow bark skirts,and men would not wear clothing they would only wear agave belts for the tools. In winter they would wear rabbit fur blanket.
9. They would know how to make weaving fine and thightly stiched baskets, they would wear it as hats. They used those things for covering their heads and for processing food.
10. They could see their aircrafts in Cuyamaca State Park, they reconstructed the village.
11. I believe is history that they should know about, like mexican history they rarely talk about it and I like it so I`m sure my daughter Pamela would like to know it, because were mexicans and we have to learn about this .history