'Peyii ‘Enyeway ‘Esekaayches! We Are Still Here'
Thursday: 12 PM
Friday: 12 PM
Saturday: 10 AM
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Join the Barona Cultural Center & Museum for Native American Month and experience “Peyii ‘Enyeway ‘Esekáayches We are Still Here.” The exhibit is a timeline showing the evolution of the Barona people at the hands of the newcomers to its land—genocide, repeated attempts of assimilation, relocation, and more.
It is a moving and powerful visual representation of Barona’s existence and how the Tribe has not only survived, but also thrived, despite a difficult past and is a testament to the Tribe’s strength and resilience. Come explore this real history from a perspective that is not taught in school. Learn how the Tribe upholds the traditional values and philosophies that have kept the people strong and how the Barona children are learning to walk in two worlds as their ancestors did.
The Museum is located at 1095 Barona Road on the Barona Band of Mission Indians' Reservation.
Admission to the Museum is free.
We are open Thursday and Friday, from Noon to 5 p.m., and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Please call to schedule tours and research appointments: (619) 443-7003 x219
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Barona Cultural Center & Museum
Barona Cultural Center & Museum is dedicated to preserving the Native American culture and history of San Diego County. With more than 3,000 artifacts, listening alcoves, photographic displays and archives, the museum’s historic treasures unfold many fascinating and inspiring stories of the Kumeyaay/Diegueño experience. As San Diego County’s only museum on an Indian reservation dedicated to the perpetuation and presentation of the local Native culture, the Barona Museum offers a unique educational journey for visitors of all ages. The museum’s collection represents thousands of years of history — some objects dating as far back as 10,000 years — and it demonstrates the artistry and skill of the hemisphere’s first inhabitants. The Barona Cultural Center & Museum showcases maps and treaties of ancient Tribal territories, interactive displays of Kumeyaay/Diegueño life, listening alcoves featuring sounds and songs of ancient Native American life and exhibits that illustrate important industries of the people, such as basketry, pottery making and flaking of stone tools. The museum’s collection includes everyday items such as coiled baskets and grinding stones, ceramic and shell objects (some ceremonial) and currency. Research materials are also available. The library houses over a thousand books, including some that are rare and out-of-print, and it has an extensive archive of photos and historical documents to help visitors discover more about how the ancient ancestors lived. Please call to schedule tours and research appointments.