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...
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The Kawaiisu language is a Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Kawaiisu people of California. Kawaiisu is a member of the Southern Numic division of the...
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settlement established by the Kawaiisu people. The area was not short of resources, making it a fine place to settle for the Kawaiisu. The park is home to many...
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Central Numic languages and the two Western Numic languages it is /nɨmɨ/. In Kawaiisu it is /nɨwɨ/ and in Colorado River /nɨwɨ/, /nɨŋwɨ/ and /nuu/. These languages...
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The Tehachapi Mountains (/təˈhætʃəpi/; Kawaiisu: Tihachipia, meaning "hard climb") are a mountain range in the Transverse Ranges system of California in...
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Kawaiisu traditional narratives include myths, legends, tales, and oral histories preserved by the Kawaiisu people of the Tehachapi Mountains, southern...
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Tehachapi (/təˈhætʃəpi/ ; Kawaiisu: Tihachipia, meaning "hard climb") is a city in Kern County, California, United States, in the Tehachapi Mountains,...
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as among the Great Basin Indians. Among others they are cousins of the Kawaiisu. The most comprehensive collection of Chemehuevi history, culture and mythology...
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mush and applying it to infections as a poultice. The Cahuilla, Ohlone, Kawaiisu, and Mahuna used the gelatinous seeds to cleanse out foreign matter in...
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Haakapainiži (or Aatakapitsi in Chemehuevi) is a spirit or ogre from Kawaiisu folklore, taking the appearances of a giant grasshopper with two canes and...
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