Kawaiisu
A Kawaiisu family | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 2010: 60 alone and in combination | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| United States ( California) | |
| Languages | |
| English, Kawaiisu | |
| Religion | |
| Indigenous religion, Christianity | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Ute, Chemehuevi, and Southern Paiute |
The Kawaiisu (pronounced: "ka-wai-ah-soo") are an Indigenous peoples of California in the United States who live in the Tehachapi Valley and to the north across the Tehachapi Pass in the southern Sierra Nevada, toward Lake Isabella and Walker Pass.
Historically, the Kawaiisu also traveled eastward on food-gathering trips to areas in the northern Mojave Desert, to the north and northeast of the Antelope Valley, Searles Valley, as far east as the Panamint Valley, the Panamint Mountains, and the western edge of Death Valley. Today, some Kawaiisu people are enrolled in the Tule River Indian Tribe.