Tongva

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First Nations of California Native American people ethnic group indigenous people

The Tongva are a Native American people indigenous to the Los Angeles Basin and Southern Channel Islands, known as the original inhabitants of much of present-day Los Angeles and Orange counties.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Tongva canonical	9
Gabrieleño	1
Tongva communities of Southern Channel Islands	1
Tongva creator deity Qua-o-ar	1
derived from the Tongva village name "Cahuenga"	1

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	First Nations of California ⓘ Native American people ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ indigenous people ⓘ
affectedBy	Spanish missions in California ⓘ surface form: California mission system
alternateName	Gabrielino-Fernandeño ⓘ surface form: Gabrieleño Gabrielino ⓘ Kizh ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culture	complex hunter-gatherer society ⓘ plank canoe (ti'at) maritime tradition ⓘ
economy	acorn processing and plant gathering ⓘ fishing and marine resource harvesting ⓘ
hasCurrentStatus	not federally recognized as a tribe ⓘ state-recognized group in California (various organizations) ⓘ
hasDemographicTrend	population decline after European contact ⓘ
hasModernOrganization	Gabrielino-Tongva Tribe ⓘ Gabrielino-Tongva Tribe ⓘ surface form: Gabrielino/Tongva Nation Kizh Nation (Gabrieleño Band of Mission Indians) ⓘ
hasNotableSacredSite	Kuruvungna Springs ⓘ Puvungna ⓘ
hasOngoingIssue	land rights and cultural preservation efforts ⓘ
hasPopulation	several thousand (pre-contact, estimated) ⓘ
historicallyAssociatedWith	Mission San Gabriel Arcángel ⓘ Spanish colonization of California ⓘ
indigenousTo	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California Los Angeles Basin ⓘ Southern Channel Islands region ⓘ surface form: Southern Channel Islands
language	Tongva language ⓘ
languageFamily	Uto-Aztecan ⓘ surface form: Uto-Aztecan languages
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Los Angeles County ⓘ Orange County, California ⓘ Riverside County ⓘ surface form: Riverside County, California San Bernardino County ⓘ surface form: San Bernardino County, California
nativeNameLanguage	Tongva language ⓘ
originalInhabitantsOf	Los Angeles Basin ⓘ Southern Channel Islands region ⓘ surface form: Southern Channel Islands much of present-day Los Angeles County ⓘ much of present-day Orange County ⓘ
partOf	indigenous peoples of California ⓘ
practices	basketry ⓘ rock art ⓘ
recognizedInToponym	Tongva Park, Santa Monica ⓘ Tongva Peak, San Gabriel Mountains ⓘ
religion	Protestantism ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ traditional Native American religion ⓘ
traditionalTerritoryIncludes	Los Angeles River ⓘ surface form: Los Angeles River basin San Clemente Island ⓘ San Fernando Valley ⓘ San Gabriel Valley ⓘ San Nicolas Island ⓘ San Pedro Bay ⓘ Santa Barbara Island ⓘ Santa Catalina Island ⓘ Santa Monica Bay ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mission San Gabriel Arcángel → associatedIndigenousGroup → Tongva ⓘ

Serrano → relatedEthnicGroup → Tongva ⓘ

Tongva people → alsoKnownAs → Tongva ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gabrieleño

Quaoar → namedAfter → Tongva ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tongva creator deity Qua-o-ar

Cahuenga Pass → hasNameEtymology → Tongva ⓘ

this entity surface form: derived from the Tongva village name "Cahuenga"

Gabrielino → alsoKnownAs → Tongva ⓘ

Gabrielino → selfDesignation → Tongva ⓘ

Kizh → alsoKnownAs → Tongva ⓘ

Kizh → ethnonym → Tongva ⓘ

Kizh Nation → hasEthnicGroup → Tongva ⓘ

Gabrielino-Tongva Tribe → ethnicGroup → Tongva ⓘ

Gabrielino-Tongva Tribe → historicalPredecessor → Tongva ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tongva communities of Southern Channel Islands

Weywot → namingLanguage → Tongva ⓘ