Myths of the World

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  Where did we come from? Asking about our origins is something most people do as soon as they can talk. “Mommy, where do babies come from?” is a question that parents dread. The way parents answer this question has an impact on how children see themselves and other people. As adults, the question of “where did we come from” still has a major impact on how we view the rest of the world. Certainly, we know how we were born, and how we grew out of childhood. What we hunger for is an understanding of how we, as human beings, actually began. Ask a large number of people, “Where did we come from?” and you will get a large number of answers. Once we sort through these answers, we see that they basically fall into two sides. Some believe that human beings are the end result of lucky circumstances – that life began as an accident and became more complex through sheer chance. Others believe that we were deliberately made as we are by an all-powerful creator. A few believe in some combination of

  The  Kawaiisu  (pronounced: ″ka-wai-ah-soo″ [ needs IPA ] ) are a  Native Californian   ethnic group  in the  United States  who live in the  Tehachapi Valley  and to the north across the  Tehachapi Pass  in the southern  Sierra Nevada , toward  Lake Isabella  and  Walker Pass . Historically, the Kawaiisu also traveled eastward on food-gathering trips to areas in the northern  Mojave Desert , to the north and northeast of the  Antelope Valley ,  Searles Valley , as far east as the  Panamint Valley , the  Panamint Mountains , and the western edge of  Death Valley . Today, some Kawaiisu people are enrolled in the  Tule River Indian Tribe .  The Kawaiisu have been known by several other names, including the  Caliente, Paiute, Tehachapi Valley Indians,  and  Tehachapi Indians , but they called themselves depending on dialect  Nuwu, New-wa, Nu-oo-ah  or  Niwiwi , meaning "The People." The tribal designations as "Kawaiisu" or "Tehachapi Indians" are both Engli