Cabazon Band of Mission Indians
A nation today
Background
The Bureau of Indian Affairs now lists this Band as the Cabazon Band of Cahuilla Indians, and its 2026 list adds that the entity was previously listed as the Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, California. The name carried on this page is the earlier one, and the Bureau's list is the record of the change. Joshua Tree National Park lists 15 federally recognized tribal governments connected to that country, which the park acknowledges as the original stewards of the land on which it now sits. Its account of the land the park manages names parts of the traditional homelands of the Maara’yam, the Nüwü and the Kawiya. The Cabazon are one of eight governments in California that carry the Cahuilla name on the Bureau's list, alongside the Agua Caliente, Augustine, Cahuilla Band of Indians, Los Coyotes, Ramona, Santa Rosa and Torres Martinez bands.
Parks on its homelands
Sources
- https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-30/html/2026-01899.htm
- https://www.nps.gov/jotr/learn/historyculture/native-americans.htm
Checked September 2026.