{"collection":"Native American","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/nam/ca/ctdi/ctdi01.htm","path":"nam/ca/ctdi/ctdi01.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/nam/ca/ctdi/ctdi01.htm","text":"THE following pages, discussing mainly the relations existing between the religious practices and religious beliefs--the ceremonies and the traditions--of the Diegue\u00f1o Indians of Southern California, may be regarded as supplementary to a parallel but fuller treatment of the neighboring Luise\u00f1os. 2 The Diegue\u00f1os are of Yuman stock, the Luise\u00f1os Shoshonean; but the two tribes are very similar in general culture, and, as has been pointed out, one has evidently greatly influenced the religious life of the other.\n228:1 Contributed as part of the Proceedings of the California Branch of the American Folk-Lore Society.\n228:2 \"The Religion of the Luise\u00f1o Indians of Southern California\" (Univ. Cal. Publ. in Amer. Arch. Ethn. [in press]).","title":"Mythology of the Mission Indians: Introduction","type":"page"}