Vaqueros Indios

26/10/2026

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04/09/2026

On June 29, 2020, dynamite charges were already set at the end of Tierra del Sol Road. They were never fired.

Near Campo, in the boulder country along the border, Army Corps contractors were clearing the old barrier inside the 60-foot federal strip known as the Roosevelt Reservation to make way for new border wall. Blasting was the fastest way through the granite.

Kumeyaay people and supporters, including the Kumeyaay Original Peoples Alliance and the American Indian Movement, went to the site and stood in the way. Their demands were specific rather than symbolic: put a cultural monitor on the ground, and test the soil before anyone detonates anything. This is land Kumeyaay people have occupied for thousands of years, and ancestral remains and artifacts lie in it.

The charges were pulled and blasting stopped that day. Customs and Border Protection agreed to meet with the groups on July 1, and Kumeyaay bands went into federal court seeking to suspend construction over cultural sites.

It is a rare kind of story: a direct action that produced an immediate, documented result on federal ground, in a place most San Diegans have never driven to.

27/08/2026

10/08/2026

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En el poblado de La Huerta de Ensenada, falleció Teodora Cuero Robles, autoridad tradicional kumiai a la edad de 94 años, hablante y promotora incansable de la variante tipai del idioma kumiai.
Reconocida como sanadora y guardiana del conocimiento herbolario, dedicó su vida a preservar y compartir la sabiduría ancestral de su pueblo.

Tras su fallecimiento, Teodora heredó el título tradicional de general de la comunidad, siendo conocida desde entonces como la Generala.
Una mujer sabia, fuerte y profundamente comprometida con su cultura. 🌾

06/06/2026

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Mrs. Rosalie (Pinto) Robertson, from the Campo Reservation in San Diego County, California - Kumeyaay (Campo Band) - circa 1959

{Note: Rosie Pinto was born in 1918, the daughter of Ramone Pinto & Adelaide Largo. Mrs. Rosalie (Pinto) Robertson died in 1984.}

06/06/2026

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Grateful that Assemblymember James C. Ramos, a member of the Serrano and Cahuilla tribes and the first California Native American elected to the state legislature, sponsored the California Indian Freedom Act of 2026, AB 1881, which was approved last week and now will be heard in the state Senate. It will allow Native Americans access to state lands for the practice of their religion, including gathering of Native plants, holding ceremonies, and other religious traditions.

Below is a photo of Mount Kuuchamaa, also known as Tecate Peak, revered by the Kumeyaay people of southern and Baja California. The Border Wall has cut them off from their sacred mountain.

The above bill is designed to prevent obstacles, such as the Border Wall, from preventing Native Americans access to their sacred sites.

13/05/2026

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04/05/2026

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24/04/2026

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