The Viejas Group of Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians of the Viejas Reservations are one of the three reservations that make up the Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians. They, along with twelve other bands collectively make up the Kumeyaay Nation of California.
Official Tribal Name: Viejas (Baron Long) Group of Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians of the Viejas Reservation
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Region: California
State(s) Today: California
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Confederacy: Kumeyaay Nation – One of 13 bands
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Reservation: Viejas Reservation
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The coastal country where the Kumeyaay lived and the Salton Sea margins contain archaeological evidence suggesting that they are some of the oldest known Indian-inhabited areas in the United States; middens, or refuse heaps, have been found that date back some 20,000 years.
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The Kumeyaay were organized along clan lines called Sh’mulq. The clans maintained complex familial, spiritual and militaristic alliances with each other. When threatened by an outside adversary the clans would come togther under a Kwachut G’tag to meet the threat. See Kumeyaay Bands
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