The Cupeño are a Native American tribe from Southern California.
Their name in their own language is Kuupangaxwichem ("people who slept here.")
They traditionally live about fifty miles (eighty kilometers) inland and fifty miles (eighty kilometers) north of the modern day Mexico–United States border in the Peninsular Range of Southern California.
Today their descendants are members of the federally recognized tribes known as the Pala Band of Luiseno Mission Indians, Morongo Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians, and Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeno Indians.
