For example, Kumeyaay customs are passed through generations and they gather in both times of celebration and griefs.

The social structure of the bands included the shiimull, which is an ancestral descent group, that is governed by a hierarchy of kwaaypaays.

Kumeyaay Indians also foraged for flora that they can use and hunt for animals depending on the season.

Besides hunting for food, the Kumeyaay also planted trees and fields of grain, squash, beans and corn gathered and grew medicinal herbs and plants, and ate floras like fresh fruits, berries, pine nuts and acorn.

[5] In the present day there are 13 small Kumeyaay Indian reservations in San Diego County, California; and 4 Kumiai Indio tribal community ranches in northern Baja California state, Mexico.

The council then votes for who can be on the executive community, which includes the tribal chairman, two regular members, and a secretary-treasurer.