The Paipai ( Pai pai, Pa'ipai, Akwa'ala, Yakakwal ) are an indigenous people of Mexico living in northern Baja California . Their traditional territory lies between the Kiliwa on the south and the Kumeyaay and Cocopa on the north, and extending from San Vicente near the Pacific coast nearly to the Colorado River 's delta in the east. Today they are concentrated primarily at the multi-ethnic community of Santa Catarina in Baja California's Sierra de Juárez .
13-437: (Redirected from Pai Pai ) Paipai may refer to: Paipai people , an ethnic group of Mexico Paipai language , their language See also [ edit ] Kāwana Pitiroi Paipai (? – 1884), a New Zealand leader Paepae , an element of traditional Maori houses Pay-Pay , a brand of cigarette rolling paper Pabai Baibai (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
26-594: Is at Santa Catarina, a community they share with Kumeyaay and Kiliwa residents. Edward Winslow Gifford Edward Winslow Gifford (August 14, 1887 – May 16, 1959) devoted his life to studying California Indian ethnography as a professor of anthropology and director of the Museum of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley . Born in Oakland, California , he became an assistant curator of ornithology at
39-572: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Paipai people Meigs suggested that the aboriginal populations associated with San Vicente and Santa Catarina missions were respectively 780 and 1,000 individuals. Hicks estimated 1,800 for the aboriginal population of the Paipai, or a density of 0.3 persons per square kilometer. Owen argued that these estimates were substantially too high. However some studies show that there are less than 200 speakers of
52-598: The Bayard Dominick Expedition . Gifford became a curator in 1925 and a professor in 1945. Working in close association with the preeminent leader in California anthropology, Alfred L. Kroeber , Gifford produced more than 100 publications. His numerous contributions to salvage ethnography have left an invaluable record of the state's native cultures. He developed the museum into a major U.S. institution with its major field research and collections. Although Gifford
65-527: The California Academy of Sciences after graduating from high school; he never attended college. He joined the University of California's Museum of Anthropology in 1912 as an assistant curator. In the 1920s he was sent to Tonga with William C. McKern who was also from the University of California . These two and the botanist was Arthur J. Eames from Harvard University made up one of the four teams of
78-460: The Kumeyaay to the north. The Paipai first encountered Europeans when Sebastián Vizcaíno 's expedition mapped the northwest coast of Baja California in 1602. More intensive and sustained contacts began in 1769 when the expedition to establish Spanish settlements in California, led by Gaspar de Portolà and Junípero Serra , passed through the western portions. The Dominican mission of San Vicente
91-551: The Paipai language left, because the new generations do not find it necessary to learn the Paipai language. The Paipai language was documented by Judith Joël, who have published texts and studies of phonology, morphology and syntax. Mauricio J. Mixco have published transcription of stories. It is very close to the Upland Yuman language spoken by the Yavapai , Walapai , and Havasupai of western Arizona. Aboriginal Paipai subsistence
104-1018: The historic period. Information about the cultural practices of the precontact Paipai comes from a variety of sources. These include the accounts of the maritime expedition led by Sebastián Vizcaíno ; reports by late 18th and early 19th century observers, such as Luis Sales and José Longinos Martínez ; and the studies of 20th century ethnographers, including Edward W. Gifford , Robert H. Lowie , Peveril Meigs , Philip Drucker, William D. Hohenthal, Roger C. Owen, Thomas B. Hinton, Frederic N. Hicks, Ralph C. Michelsen, Michael Wilken-Robertson, and Julia Bendímez Patterson. Paipai traditional material culture included structures (rectangular thatched-roof houses, ramadas, and probably sweathouses), equipment for hunting and warfare (bows, cane arrows, war clubs, nets), processing equipment (pottery, basketry, manos and metates , mortars and pestles, cordage, stone knives, awls), clothing (rabbitskin robes, fiber sandals; buckskin aprons and basketry caps for women), and cradles. Kinship
117-409: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Paipai . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paipai&oldid=1191067761 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
130-485: Was based on patrilineal , patrilocal šimułs . It is not clear to what extent communities coincided with šimułs prehistorically; in historic times, community membership was quite fluid. The existence of any formal community leaders was denied by some; if they were present, their authority was probably not strong. Social recreations included a variety of games: shinny, kickball races, the ring-and-pin game, dice, peon, archery, spinning tops, juggling, and cat's cradle. Music
143-553: Was based on hunting and gathering of natural animal and plants rather than on agriculture. Numerous plants were exploited as food resources, notably including agave , yucca , mesquite , prickly pear , acorns , pine nuts , and juniper berries . Many other plants served as medicine or as material for construction or craft products. Animals used for food included deer, pronghorn , bighorn sheep , rabbits , woodrats , various other medium and small mammals, quail , fish, and shellfish. Crop growing and stock raising were introduced during
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#1733086044246156-472: Was founded near the coast in Paipai territory in 1780. It became a key center for the Spanish administration and military control of the region. In 1797 San Vicente was supplemented by an inland mission at Santa Catarina , near the boundary between Paipai and Kumeyaay territories. Mission Santa Catarina was destroyed in 1840 by hostile Indian forces, apparently including Paipai. The main modern settlement of Paipai
169-431: Was produced by singing and by instruments that included flutes, gourd rattles, and jinglers. Pets were kept. Traditional narratives are conventionally classed as myths, legends, tales, and oral histories. The oral literature recorded for the Paipai is rather limited but includes narratives that can be assigned to each of these categories. Paipai narratives such as the creation myth show their closest affinities with those of
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