Vanyume

Vanyume
Regions with significant populations
United States (California)
Languages
formerly Vanyume
Related ethnic groups
Serrano, Tataviam, Kitanemuk, Tongva

The Vanyume or Desert Serrano are an Indigenous people of Southern California. Traditional Vanyume territory extended along the Mojave River from the Eastern Mojave Desert to present day Victorville and may have included portions of southern Antelope Valley.[1] The major village of Wá’peat was part of this area.[2]

Though the Vanyume were closely related to the neighboring Serrano people linguistically and culturally, the two groups were politically distinct prior to European contact.[3] Because all documented Vanyume villages had been abandoned prior to the development of modern ethnographic fieldwork, ethnographic information on the Vanyume is limited.[2]

  1. ^ Young, Ryan; Honey, Linda (December 23, 2013). "Phase I Cultural Resources Assessment For Proposed 3 MW AC Photovoltaic Solar Array "Apple Valley East"" (PDF).
  2. ^ a b Sutton, Mark; Earle, David (2017). "The Desert Serrano of the Mojave River" (PDF). Pacific Coast Archaeological Society Quarterly. 53.
  3. ^ Bonner, Wayne (April 30, 2013). "Cultural Resources Assessment of Verizon Wireless Facility Candidate 'Mt. Baldy Resort' Community of Mount Baldy, County of San Bernardino, California" (PDF).