Kamia

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Also known as: Ipai

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The Kamia are an Indigenous people of southeastern California and northwestern Mexico. They also refer to the language spoken by this group. The term "Kamia" can refer to either the people or an individual member of the Kamia people.1

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people, the Diegueño and the Kamia (now known as the Tipai and Ipai), lived in what are now southern California and northern Baja California. The Kiliwa and Paipai still live in northern Baja California.
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people, the Diegueño and the Kamia (now known as the Tipai and Ipai), lived in what are now southern California and northern Baja California. The Kiliwa and Paipai still live in northern Baja California.
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