Luiseño people
（重定向自Luiseno）
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![Richard Bugbee (Luiseño), curator, museum director, and California language advocate[6]](/Images/godic/202501/25/Richard_bugbee_payoomkawichum0742.jpg")
The Luiseño, or Payómkawichum, are a Native American people who at the time of the first contacts with the Spanish in the 16th century inhabited the coastal area of southern California, ranging 50 miles from the present-day southern part of Los Angeles County to the northern part of San Diego County, and inland 30 miles. In the Luiseño language, the people call themselves Payómkawichum (also spelled Payómkowishum), meaning "People of the West."