KAWAIISU INDIANS

THE KAWAIISU LIVED IN THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TEHACHAPI VALLEY AS WELL AS THE PASS IN THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS. TO THE NORTH NEAR LAKE ISABELLA. THEY TRAVELED EAST TO GATHER FOOD TO THE DESERT OF DEATH VALLEY. THEY HAD PERMANENT VILLAGES OF THE 100 PEOPLE. THEY OFTEN DIVIDED INTO SMALLER GROUPS DURING THE WARMER MONTHS OF THE YEAR TO GATHER NUMEROUS NATIVE PLANTS IN THE DESERT, MOIUNTAINS, AND ALONG CREEKS USING BASKETS. THEY WERE RELATED TO THE PAIUTE OF SOUTHWEST NEVADA AND CHEMEHUEVI OF THE EASTERN MOHAVI DESERT OF CALIFORNIA. PERHAPS 2000 YEARS AGO THEY LIVED IN THE DESERT BEFORE COMING TO THE MOUNTAINS. THEY ARE PART OF THE UTE-AZTECAN LANGUAGE FAMILY. IN 1770 THE POPULATION MUST HAVE BEEN ABOUT 1500 AND IN 1910 ABOUT 500.

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