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Nakipa

The Nakipa Native American peoples historically lived in the northwestern portion of the Baja Peninsula with the Paipai, Kiliwa, and Diegueno (Kumeyaay). The Nakipa spoke a dialect from the Southern California branch of the Yuman language family. Prior to Euroamerican colonization, the Nakipa indigenous peoples are estimated to have numbered around 900 individuals, but by 1929 there were only a handful of known families. No known descendants of the Nakipa exist.

Name: Nakipa.

Location: Northwestern portion of the Baja Peninsula.

Population: Around 900 prior to Euroamerican colonization; today there are no known descendants.

Language Family: Yuman.

First Contact by Euroamericans: In 1769 by Father Juan Crespi on a reconnaissance trip for new mission sites.

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