On a wildly windy day in the Kumeyaay community Juntas de Nejí, about an hour south of Tecate, Mexico, Norma Meza-Calles watches as her 6-year-old grandson, Matt, cracks open acorns. She gives him ...

Set on the U.S.-Mexico border and nestled between the coast, deserts and mountains, San Diego is not only diverse in topography but also a melting pot for many different cultures. But it is too often ...

Cuyamaca College plans to launch an associate’s degree program in Kumeyaay studies this fall and become one of the first community colleges in the state to offer a degree program focusing on the ...

San DiegoSan Diego — There are many schools that offer specialized programs and unusual courses. And then there’s Kumeyaay Community College. “I don’t know that you’ll learn any of this stuff in any ...

On a bright and clear weekend morning in early October, there’s a flutter of activity at San Diego’s Tecolote Nature Center as staff get ready for an annual family activity, “Baskets and Botany.” The ...

Stan Rodriguez sets up a round of sarap, a Kumeyaay betting game that introduces students to numbers in the Kumeyaay language. Photo by Maureen Spagnolo, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives This year the ...

Reporting from the Sierra Juarez Mountains, Mexico — In the high table land, a small, rawboned woman picks her way across ash and sand to a cave where she slept as a girl when her family came to ...

Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to print (Opens in new window) One reader took issue with the idea that the Kumeyaay language is ...

LA JOLLA – A Native American visual storytelling tradition is on display at La Jolla Historical Society’s latest exhibit at Wisteria Cottage. An opening reception was held on June 13 for the Kumeyaay ...