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Kawaiisu Community Group
Kawaiisu traditional plant harvest & related Kawaiisu language
About this Organization
The nuwüm, also called Kawaiisu, are one of several Indigenous peoples of Kern County. Since 2003 our Kawaiisu community group has organized efforts to practice, document and restore our language, nuwä abigip, the histories of our mountain communities and the plant harvests that bind us to our land and each other. Our identity, people and communities are made stronger in this way. The Elders have been very generous with their teachings. These days those of us who learned earlier are now partnering with the younger people in our group to carry it forward. We are so appreciative of ACTA, an organization that recognizes and supports the reclamation of our Indigenous ways.
The Kawaiisu Community Group grew out of the Kawaiisu Language & Cultural Center.
Living Cultures
2024
Returning to Our Roots
By refreshing our relationships with our Kern County homelands, ACTA funds will support the continuity of our diaspora Indigenous community as we, the elder generations, teach our young people, many for the first time, Kawaiisu traditional uses and language of plants for food, medicines and building materials.