- The Cahuilla's population was 10,000 in the 17th century. Then it decreased to 5,000 in the 18th century.
- They like to refer to themselves as lviatim.
- Cahuilla lived in canyons in the bottom of the San Bernardino mountains.
- Shell beads were used as money.
- Cahuilla is pronounced kah-WEE-ah.