Luiseño
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The Luiseño or Payómkawichum are an Indigenous people of California who, at the time of the first contacts with the Spanish in the 16th century, inhabited the coastal area of southern California, rang
Drawing of Luiseño men in traditional dance regalia, by Pablo Tac (Luiseño, 1822–1844)
Luiseño basket maker outside of her home
Luiseño home in 1900 in the Temescal valley
Group of Luiseño men at Pala
Mission Indians
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Mission Indians was a term used to refer to the Indigenous peoples of California who lived or grew up in the Spanish mission system in California. Today the term is used to refer to their descendants
Ruin of the Indian quarters, Mission San Luis Rey
Depiction of three "Indian Crones" from the Mission San Luis Rey de Francia, published in "American Indians: first families of the Southwest" by John Frederick Huckel, in 1920
Indian cemetery at Mission San Carlos Borromeo, Carmel, California
Franciscan missionaries in California