Campo Indian Reservation

Campo Band of Diegueño
Mission Indians of the
Campo Indian Reservation
Total population
351 reservation residents[1]
Regions with significant populations
United States (California)
Languages
Kumeyaay,[2] Tipai[3] English
Religion
Traditional tribal religion,
Christianity (Roman Catholicism)[4]
Related ethnic groups
other Kumeyaay people,[1][5] Cocopa,
Quechan, Paipai, and Kiliwa
Location of Campo Indian Reservation
Kumeyaay woman in front of her traditional house at Campo, photo by Edward Curtis

The Campo Indian Reservation is home to the Campo Band of Diegueño Mission Indians, also known as the Campo Kumeyaay Nation, a federally recognized tribe of Kumeyaay people in the southern Laguna Mountains, in eastern San Diego County, California.[3] The reservation was founded in 1893 and is 16,512 acres (66.82 km2).[1][2]

The reservation can be found "in the southeastern San Diego County atop the Laguna Mountains". Originally the location was set on 710 acres in 1893. Eighty additional acres were added in the winter of 1907, and another 13,610 acres were added in 1911. "All land on Campo is tribal-owned land; there are presently no allotments or assignments".[6] The Campo Valley was known as Meelqsh G'tay (or big open meadow) in Kumeyaay language, and was known by its Hispanicized name as "Milguatay".[7]

  1. ^ a b c "California Indians and Their Reservations: C." Archived 2016-01-04 at the Wayback Machine SDSU Library and Information Access. Retrieved 12 Aug 2013.
  2. ^ a b Shipek, 612
  3. ^ a b Eargle, 205
  4. ^ Pritzker, 147
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference socal was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Campo Band of Kumeyaay Indians | Southern California Tribal Chairmen's Association". www.sctca.net. Archived from the original on 2017-03-24. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  7. ^ "Campo Kumeyaay Nation Post-Contact". www.campo-nsn.gov. Retrieved August 28, 2020.