Description
Just Before Sunset written by Lora L. Cline is the revised edition of The Kwaaymii: Reflections on a Lost Culture. The book is based almost solely on the contributions of Tom Lucas, the last member of the Kwaaymii tribe of San Diego County. The 1860 smallpox outbreak and 1918 influenza epidemic took a great toll on the Kwaaymii and Tom Lucas was the only hope they had to continue their heritage. The tribe passed along all they could about their customs and beliefs.
The Kwaaymii are the original peoples of the Laguna Mountains. During the winter months the tribe traveled to what is now Anza-Borrego Desert State Park where they set up camp until summer, when they traveled back to the mountains. The Village Site along Mine Wash in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park in a village site where the Kumeyaay lived for thousands of years. They made camp here until the late 1800’s. Evidence of their lives include grinding holes (morteros), pottery shards, pictographs – ancient drawings on rock walls, and petroglyphs – designs and symbols etched in large boulders or rock faces.
Just Before Sunset describes food gathering and preparation, hunting, social and political customs, tools, houses and everyday life and includes Cline’s illustrations and Tom Lucas’ daughter, SuSaan’s drawings. Maps and historic photographs from the Lucas family collection are also included in this updated edition.
- Softcover; 146 pages.
Learn more about the fascinating history of the Kwaaymii Indians with this informative book.
