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Cahuilla
Cowboys – Making Our Marks,
is a new exhibition in the lobby of the Roger
Gateway Building. Created by the Agua Caliente
Cultural Museum, the display features how
the Cahuilla became cowboys in the 1700's, long
before the American cowboy developed.
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- The first
“cowboys” were Indians: Long ago – before the
“American Cowboy”, there were Native cowboys.
Beginning in mission times in the 1700s, Indians
were trained as cowboys for the vast herds of
the Spanish missions.
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Cattle and horses were an important source of
livelihood for the Cahuilla people. Cahuilla
Cowboys were well established in ranching when
the first settlers arrived.
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- It wasn’t until
the late 1860s that the term “cowboy” came into
widespread use. Vaqueros had their own style of
riding, roping, and dressing. They were the
first of their kind, and they invented the
cowboy trade and style as we know it today.
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- They called themselves vaqueros,
from vaca, the Spanish word for cow.
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It’s a little-known fact that the
Cahuilla people were the only tribe on
the North American continent ever to
organize a rebellion on the same grounds
as the American Revolution – taxation
without representation. From the Gold
Rush, the American Revolution, the
Rancheros and the Cahuilla Fiestas of
the 1920s, this exhibition takes a look
at the Native people making this amazing
journey.
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You will also learn
about the influence of the Spanish Conquistadors,
and how the Padres from the Missions began teaching
Native Americans to be equestrians.
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View the display in
Rogers Gateway Building Lobby at California State
University San Bernardino Palm Desert Campus 37500
Cook Street Palm Desert. (760) 341-2883.
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