CULTURAL
RESOURCES ON
AND NEAR CAMPUS
RELATED TO NATIVE AMERICANS
Photo Courtesy of USD May Collection
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Places to Visit On or Near Campus
Places to Visit Within the San Diego Region
Places to Visit on or Near Campus
The David W. May Indian Artifacts
Collection (http://www.sandiego.edu/mayindiangallery/)
The May Gallery in Founders Hall on
the USD campus offers an arresting collection of Native American pottery,
textiles, jewelry and other objects, beautifully displayed. Museum may be viewed by appointment; call (619) 260-4238 for more information.
Junipero Serra Museum
(http://www.sandiegohistory.org/mainpages/locate4.htm)
2727 Presidio Drive, San Diego, CA
92138
Visible from the USD campus, the museum
is on Presidio Hill, above Old Town. From its tower, the site of early
Native villages in Mission Valley can be seen. The museum is open Tuesday-Saturday
from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and on Sundays from Noon until 4:30 p.m.
Mission San Diego Alcala
(http://www.missionsandiego.com)
10818 San Diego Mission Road, San Diego
CA 92108
Founded in 1769, this mission was the first church in California. It is currently an active parish that serves as a center for people of all faiths to visit. Located near the USD campus, off Friars
Road, the Mission museum is open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily.
Old Mission Dam(http://www.mtrp.org/old_mission_dam.asp)
Mission Trails Regional Park, off Mission
Gorge Road
Local Kumeyaay Indians offered advice
and provided labor to build a San Diego River dam that is partially intact
after almost 200 years. A remarkable engineering feat, the dam and
flume provided water for crops and animals at the Mission, 5.5 miles away.
Presidio Excavation Site
(http://www.sandiegohistory.org/books/ssd/ssd12.htm)
On Presidio Hill (just below the Junipero
Serra Museum on Presidio Drive). Located near the USD campus, the excavation
exposed the ruins of the earliest Spanish buildings in California dedicated
to converting San Diego Indians to Christianity. The dig is again covered.
Tecolote Canyon (http://www.sannet.gov/park-and-recreation/parks/teclte.shtml)
USD overlooks this former home to Indian
villages. Tecolote means "owl" in the Kumeyaay language. Today,
it is a San Diego city park with one of the most endangered natural habitats
in California. The nature center at 5180 Tecolote Road provides information
on hiking trails and a handout listing almost 30 plants used by the Kumeyaay
tribe for food, soap, and medicines.
Places to Visit Within the San Diego Region
Mission San Antonio de Pala (http://missiontour.org/sanluisrey/asistencia.htm)
This sub-mission, or asistencia, founded in 1816 near Palomar mountain (today on east Highway 76 on the Pala Reservation), has its original stone floor, roof tiles, and adobe walls. It was connected to Mission San Luis Rey.
Mission San Luis Rey (www.sanluisrey.org)
Founded in 1798 near present-day Oceanside, the "King of the Missions" was the 18th of California's 21 missions. The mission has gardens, a cemetery, a colonnade, and a museum.
San Diego Musuem of Man, Balboa Park (www.museumofman.org)
Kumeyaay Native Californians is a permanent exhibit illustrating traditional lifeways, including foods, dress, personal adornment, games, and ceremonites of several San Diego and Baja Indian groups. See pottery and basketry arts and a typical Kumeyaay house.
Santa Ysabel Asistencia (www.sandiegohistory.org/collections/missions/ysabel.htm)
A sub-mission of San Diego de Alcala, this asistencia was founded 1818. A newer church and a small museum stand on the site of the original chapel where it is reported that many Indians were baptized. On Highway 79, north of the town of Santa Ysabel.
Luiseño Ethnobotany (http://daphne.palomar.edu/scrout/luisenob.htm)
This site covers in great detail the many uses that the Luiseño had for the native plants that grew in their environment. Discussion includes not only what plants were used for food, but also how they were used as medicines to treat various ailments, how they were used to make baskets, mats, tools, and shelters.
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