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 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...

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...

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...

The Tehachapi Mountains (/təˈhætʃəpi/; Kawaiisu: Tihachipia, meaning "hard climb") are a mountain range in the Transverse Ranges system of California in...

Kawaiisu traditional narratives include myths, legends, tales, and oral histories preserved by the Kawaiisu people of the Tehachapi Mountains, southern...

Tehachapi (/təˈhætʃəpi/ ; Kawaiisu: Tihachipia, meaning "hard climb") is a city in Kern County, California, United States, in the Tehachapi Mountains,...

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...

as among the Great Basin Indians. Among others they are cousins of the Kawaiisu. The most comprehensive collection of Chemehuevi history, culture and mythology...

Haakapainiži (or Aatakapitsi in Chemehuevi) is a spirit or ogre from Kawaiisu folklore, taking the appearances of a giant grasshopper with two canes and...