Kumeyaay Ha Kwaiyo - Indigenous Ocean Culture: A Renaissance

The land we now call Scripps Oceanography has been home to the
Kumeyaay people for thousands of years. A history of encroachment,
colonization and displacement from coastal lands has challenged
Kumeyaay ocean traditions and practices. Today,
Kumeyaay-Iipay-Tipay people are actively revitalizing Indigenous
ocean culture. As part of Perspectives on Ocean Science Lecture
Series, Stan Rodriguez and Priscilla Ortiz Sawah of the Iipay
Nation of Santa Ysabel, and Andrew James Pittman of the Los Coyotes
Band and Cupeño Indians, talk about the history of the Kumeyaay
culture in the region. Through community efforts, they are
rebuilding traditional ha kwaiyo (tule boats), harvesting ha
shupill (grunion) and teaching language about the ocean (ha
silowik). These intergenerational practices embody Indigenous
resilience, resistance and revival — nurturing and evolving
Indigenous ocean knowledge, culture and traditions. Series:
"Jeffrey B. Graham Perspectives on Ocean Science Lecture Series"
[Humanities] [Science] [Show ID: 40596]