Pechanga Tribal members purchase clothing from stores and dress in generally the same way as their nonnative Southern California neighbors. Traditional Pechanga dress rested on our use of materials provided naturally by the lands we have always inhabited. We used the fibers we created from the natural resources of our land.
Housing for most Tribal members today reflects that of usual neighborhood construction. Traditional Pechanga housing rested on our use of materials provided naturally by the lands we have always inhabited.
Our Pechanga homelands, the Great Oak, the Canyon, and all that our lands encompass and provide carry a meaning that goes beyond the physical possession of the land. See info at Traditional Sites.
At Pechanga our musical traditions do not include drums; they include our Rattlemaking and our Bird Songs. See info on Pechanga Rattlemaking..
The Great Oak of the Pechanga Band and the land that surrounds it (the Ranch) is eligible for inclusion in the United State's National Register of Historic Places. It is a historical treasure maintained for the Pechanga people, and of historical significance to all Americans. Our traditional basketry is sought by many nonnative museums for inclusion in their collections and Pechanga's monitors guide expert archeologists in the treatment of Pechanga artifacts.