Mojave Desert Indians
Historic Desert Indian Territories Map
Territorial boundaries were probably not hard and fast as we think of our boundary lines of today. They may have fluctuated and overlapped according to tribal relationships and intermarriage. In some cases areas may have been shared to various degrees as well as buffer zones maintained between people that were enemies. For an overview of these various peoples as a whole, please click the link above. For a more detailed description of the individual groups as tribal units, select a link below.-
Timbisha Shoshone
- Death ValleyYokuts
Sierra Nevada
Mohave
Eastern Mojave (Colorado River)Chemehuevi
Eastern / Southern MojaveCahuilla
Southern Mojave, Northern ColoradoSerrano
Southern Mojave, Western Mojave, San Bernardino Mountains, San Gabriel MountainsVanyume
Western MojaveTataviam
Western MojaveKitanemuk
Northern MojaveKawaiisu
Northern MojaveTubatulabal
Northern MojaveWestern Mono
Northern MojaveKoso
Northern MojaveSouthern Paiute
Owens Valley Paiute
(Northern Paiute)Shoshone
(Shoshoni)Also see:
Paiute & Shoshone Cultures of Death Valley
For millennia, American Indian peoples lived within the area, using the resources and lands to sustain their lives and cultures. These lands have ...
Early Peoples & Desert Indians of the Eastern Mojave
In general, these tribal peoples occupied the lands as small, mobile social units of related families who traveled in regular patterns and established summer or winter camps in customary places ...
Early Man, Pinto Culture
As the Pleistocene Epoch drew to a close ten thousand years ago, and the rivers of glacial ice melted, people lived in an environment dramatically different from ...
How Indians Used Plants
In the desert, Indians found native plants and other natural objects that not only ensured their survival but also ...
Historical Sketch of the California Indians
This sketch covers five major time periods in California history. They are the following natural divisions: the time prior to European contact, the period ...
Hualapai
Havasupai
Halchidoma
Yavapai
Maricopa
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