Serrano people

The Serrano are an indigenous people of California. They use the autonyms of Taaqtam, meaning "people"; Maarrênga’yam, "people from Morongo"; and Yuhaaviatam, "people of the pines."^[2] Today the Maarrênga'yam are enrolled in the Morongo Band of Mission Indians, and the Yuhaviatam are enrolled in the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians. Additionally, some Serrano people are enrolled in the Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians.^[3]

For other uses, see Serrano (disambiguation).

Reservations[edit]

The Morongo Reservation in Banning, California, and the San Manuel Reservation near San Bernardino, California, are both federally recognized Indian reservations belonging to the Serrano people.^[21]^[22]

sacred site in Big Bear City, CA

The Eye of God

Serrano language

Serrano traditional narratives

(Serrano settlement)

Juyubit, California

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Kroeber, A. L. (1925), Handbook of the Indians of California. Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin No. 78. Washington, D.C.

Pritzker, Barry M. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. ISBN 978-0-19-513877-1

A Native American Encyclopedia: History, Culture, and Peoples.

Sutton, Mark Q. and David D. Earle 2017 The Desert Serrano of the Mojave River. Pacific Coast Archaeological Society Quarterly. 53(2&3).