Triton Talks: Kumeyaay History and Culture

The Kumeyaay are native inhabitants of San Diego and Imperial counties and Baja California, Mexico. For thousands of years, the Kumeyaay people farmed the land and ocean, managed forest fires, manufactured pottery and basketry and engaged in commerce and trade. Stan Rodriguez, Ed.D., executive director of the Kumeyaay Community College, talks about the deep physical and spiritual connection the Kumeyaay people have to the Earth. Despite brutal religious, economic, political and social hardships under European rule, Kumeyaay culture and traditions continue in the region to this day. [7/2022] [Show ID: 38071]
00:00 Start
00:15 Stan Rodriguez, EdD
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Listening to this person speak in an unnamed language has been the most mental stimulation so far, this lunar cycle.

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The language is Ipay Kumeyaay. Stan Rodriguez, the speaker, teaches the only course on it. There are less than 500 speakers and the language is very endangered.

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