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1. What is Tongva land?
2. What are the Tongva known for?
3. Where is the Tongva tribe today?
4. What native land is Los Angeles on?
5. What did the Tongva look like?
6. Is Tongva land Unceded?
7. What do the Tongva tribe eat?
8. What did the Tongva tribe trade?
9. What are Tongva houses called?
10. What did the Tongva live in?
11. How many Tongva are left?
12. Who were the original people in California?
13. What native tribes lived in LA?
14. What native land is Orange County on?
15. How did the Tongva tribe travel?

What is Tongva land?

The Tongva (/ˈtɒŋvə/ TONG-və) are an indigenous people of California from the Los Angeles Basin and the Southern Channel Islands, an area covering approximately 4,000 square miles (10,000 km²).

What are the Tongva known for?

The Tongva. The Tongva (or Gabrielinos) were the people who canoed out to greet Spanish explorer Juan Rodriquez Cabrillo upon his arrival off the shores of Santa Catalina and San Pedro in 1542. Cabrillo declined their invitation to come ashore and visit.

Where is the Tongva tribe today?

Around 2,000 Tongva people still live in the Los Angeles area, and they are considered to be one of the two most prominent California tribes without recognition, with 2,800 archaeological sites, such as the sacred site of Puvungna, located on what is now Cal State Long Beach.

What native land is Los Angeles on?

A search for Los Angeles County, CA, USA using Native Land's Territory Acknowledgment tool shows that Los Angeles County sits on Chumash, Tongva, and Kizh land. Learn more about the Chumash, Tongva, and Kizh nations: Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Website. Wishtoyo Chumash Foundation Website.

What did the Tongva look like?

The Tongva built dome-shaped houses. Some measured 59 feet in diameter and sheltered three to four families. The frames were made from willow tree branches planted into the ground in a circle. The tops of these poles were then bent toward the center creating a domed ceiling.

Is Tongva land Unceded?

The Tongva/Gabrieleno/Acjachemen people are the First Peoples of the region, their lands were unceded, they did not negotiate a treaty with Mexico or the US government. Today, the five Tongva/Gabrieleno tribes struggle every day for their sovereignty.

What do the Tongva tribe eat?

The Tongva ate a variety of foods. They gathered acorns, nuts, berries, and seeds. They fished for food in the ocean, especially the Tongva who lived on islands. They also hunted deer and small animals such as birds, rabbits, and rodents.

What did the Tongva tribe trade?

The Tongva traded soapstone with other tribes in the region. The Tongva also traded seeds, fish, furs, and animal skins. Sometimes they used money made from discs of clam shells. The Tongva believed in a religion named after their creator: Chingichnish.

What are Tongva houses called?

Kiiy, the Gabrieleno-Tongva houses, were made of White Willow and Tule reeds on the mainland, while coastal Kiiy were made of whale bones and reeds.

What did the Tongva live in?

The Tongva lived all throughout the Los Angeles Basin down to north Orange County and on Catalina and San Clemente islands. Tongva villages were often built near rivers, creeks, and other sources of water. Their biggest village was called Yangna and it sat right where downtown LA sits today, near the Los Angeles River.

How many Tongva are left?

Historians estimate that by the time the first Spanish land expedition reached California in 1769, there were nearly 100 Tongva villages, nearly 5,000 Tongva people. (Estimates put the Tongva population today at about 3,000.)

Who were the original people in California?

Thus divided and isolated, the original Californians were a diverse population, separated by language into as many as 135 distinct dialects. Tribes included the Karok, Maidu, Cahuilleno, Mojave, Yokuts, Pomo, Paiute, and Modoc.

What native tribes lived in LA?

The Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana, the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana, the Jena Band of Choctaw Indians, and the Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe of Louisiana are the four federally-recognized tribes in Louisiana.

What native land is Orange County on?

GABRIELEÑO and JUANEÑO INDIANS

The original inhabitants of Orange County and the surrounding areas are the Gabrieleño (or Gabrielino) Indians and the Juaneño Indians. The Gabrieleño were given this name by the Spanish, because they were named after the San Gabriel Mission, but they call themselves Tongva.

How did the Tongva tribe travel?

The Gabrielino used canoes to travel from island to mainland, and for fishing and hunting sea mammals. Their canoes were sometimes made of planks, lashed together and sealed with asphaltum (a type of pitch), similar to those made by the Chumash. Sometimes they dug out a log to make a canoe.