In a 1990 census there were only 35 people who could still speak the language and tribal enrollment as of 2010 was 410 people. They lived here in virtual isolation and spoke Ivilyuat, a dialect of the Uto-Aztecan language family. The historic journey that transformed Palm Springs from a Native American oasis to Hollywood’s Playground of the Stars began over two thousand years ago with the arrival of the Cahuilla people.
