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Luiseño|luːiːseɪɲəʊ|
Also San Luiseño.
[Sp., f. San Luis Rey, a mission established in S. California in 1798.]
The name, orig. San Luiseño, given to a Shoshone Indian people; a member of this people or the language spoken by them. Also attrib. or as adj.
1858Daily Even. Bulletin (San Francisco) 5 Nov., The true native Americans of the wild forests—such as the Yumas,..San Luiseños,..predominate. 1875H. H. Bancroft Native Races Pacific States I. iv. 460 The villages of the San Luiseños are in a section of country adjacent to the Cahuillas. 1884H. H. Jackson Ramona 244 In the Luiseno tongue that is Majel. 1965R. F. Spencer et al. Native Americans vi. 263/1 The Luiseño myth of their origins revealed a surprising loftiness of concept. Ibid. 264/2 These events have combined to substantially eliminate the Luiseño as an ethnic and cultural group. 1965Canad. Jrnl. Ling. Spring 139 The Luiseno sub-branch of languages in South-western California. |