Tongva people

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The Tongva people are an Indigenous group native to the Los Angeles Basin and Southern Channel Islands in California, known for their complex maritime culture and long-standing presence in the region prior to European colonization.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
Native American people
ethnic group
affectedBy California mission system
Spanish colonization of the Americas
alsoKnownAs Gabrieleño
linked to: Tongva

Gabrielino
Kizh
contactWith Spanish Empire
continent North America
country United States
culturalRegion California cultural area
culture hunter-gatherer society
maritime culture
economy fishing
gathering
hunting
hasCulturalRevitalization ceremonial practice renewal
language revitalization efforts
traditional ecological knowledge restoration
hasOrganization Gabrielino-Tongva Indians of California
Gabrielino-Tongva Tribe
Kizh Nation
hasSacredSite Kuruvungna Springs
Puvungna
historicalPeriod pre-Columbian era
influencedToponym Azusa
Cahuenga
Cahuenga Pass
Cucamonga
linked to: Jurupa Valley

Pacoima
Paramount
Rancho Cucamonga
Topanga
Tujunga
inhabitedRegionSince at least 7th century CE
language Tongva language
languageFamily Uto-Aztecan languages
linked to: Uto-Aztecan
missionAssociation Mission San Fernando Rey de España
Mission San Gabriel Arcángel
modernDescendantsLiveIn Los Angeles County
Orange County
Riverside County
San Bernardino County
nativeTo California
Los Angeles Basin
Southern Channel Islands
neighboringPeople Cahuilla people
Chumash people
Luiseño people
Serrano people
Tataviam people
notRecognizedBy United States federal government
populationDeclineCause introduced diseases
land dispossession
missionization
recognizedBy State of California
religion Protestantism
Roman Catholicism
traditional Tongva religion
subgroupOf Uto-Aztecan peoples
linked to: Uto-Aztecan
traditionalSettlementType village
traditionalTerritoryIncludes Los Angeles River
San Clemente Island
San Fernando Valley
San Gabriel River
San Gabriel Valley
San Nicolas Island
Santa Ana River
Santa Barbara Island
Santa Catalina Island
Southern Channel Islands
usedResource acorns
native plants
sea mammals
shellfish
usedWatercraftType plank canoe
ti'at

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Serrano people relatedEthnicGroup Tongva people
Cahuilla people relatedEthnicGroup Gabrielino-Tongva people
linked to: Tongva people
Mission San Fernando Rey de España primaryIndigenousGroupAssociated Tongva (Gabrielino) people
linked to: Tongva people
San Bernardino Valley historicalInhabitants Gabrielino-Tongva people
linked to: Tongva people
Luiseño people neighboringPeople Gabrielino-Tongva people
linked to: Tongva people
Taaqtam relatedEthnicGroup Tongva people
Maarenga’yam relatedEthnicallyTo Tongva people
Takic peoples hasEthnicGroup Tongva people
San Gabriel Mission associatedWithEthnicGroup Tongva (Gabrieleño) people
linked to: Tongva people
Tataviam people neighboringGroup Tongva people
Mission Indians ethnicallyRelatedTo Tongva people
Tongva language spokenBy Tongva people
Tongva language ethnicity Tongva people
Kizh presentDayDescendants Tongva people
Puvungna traditionalTerritoryOf Tongva people
Puvungna hasCulturalSignificanceFor Tongva people
Puvungna isSacredTo Tongva people
Kuruvungna Springs isAncestralSiteOf Tongva people
Cahuenga culturalContext Tongva people
Serrano tribes relatedEthnicGroup Tongva people
San Gabriel River historicallyUsedBy Tongva people
Gabrielino-Tongva Tribe represents Tongva people
Gabrielino-Fernandeño language revitalizationLedBy Tongva community
linked to: Tongva people
Fernandeño people neighboringGroup Tongva people
Takic culturalAssociation Tongva (Gabrielino) people
linked to: Tongva people
Gabrielino people hasAlternativeName Tongva people
Paramount hasHistoricalInfluenceFrom Tongva people