Tongva people

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Indigenous people Native American people ethnic group

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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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Gabrielino-Tongva people 3
Tongva (Gabrielino) people 1

Statements (78)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people ⓘ
Native American people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
affectedBy Spanish missions in California ⓘ
surface form: California mission system

Spanish colonization of the Americas ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Tongva ⓘ
surface form: Gabrieleño

Gabrielino ⓘ
Kizh ⓘ
contactWith Spanish Empire ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: 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 Tribe ⓘ
surface form: Gabrielino-Tongva Indians of California

Gabrielino-Tongva Tribe ⓘ
Kizh Nation ⓘ
hasSacredSite Kuruvungna Springs ⓘ
Puvungna ⓘ
historicalPeriod pre-Columbian era ⓘ
influencedToponym Azusa ⓘ
Cahuenga ⓘ
Cahuenga Pass ⓘ
Jurupa Valley ⓘ
surface form: Cucamonga

Pacoima ⓘ
Paramount ⓘ
Rancho Cucamonga, California ⓘ
surface form: Rancho Cucamonga

Topanga ⓘ
Tujunga ⓘ
inhabitedRegionSince at least 7th century CE ⓘ
language Tongva language ⓘ
languageFamily Uto-Aztecan ⓘ
surface form: Uto-Aztecan languages
missionAssociation Mission San Fernando Rey de España ⓘ
Mission San Gabriel Arcángel ⓘ
modernDescendantsLiveIn Los Angeles County ⓘ
Orange County NERFINISHED ⓘ
Riverside County NERFINISHED ⓘ
San Bernardino County NERFINISHED ⓘ
nativeTo California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Los Angeles Basin ⓘ
Channel Islands of California ⓘ
surface form: Southern Channel Islands
neighboringPeople Cahuilla people ⓘ
Chumash people ⓘ
Luiseño people ⓘ
Serrano people ⓘ
Tataviam people ⓘ
notRecognizedBy United States government ⓘ
surface form: United States federal government
populationDeclineCause introduced diseases ⓘ
land dispossession ⓘ
missionization ⓘ
recognizedBy California, United States ⓘ
surface form: State of California
religion Protestantism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
traditional Tongva religion ⓘ
subgroupOf Uto-Aztecan ⓘ
surface form: Uto-Aztecan peoples
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 ⓘ
Channel Islands of California ⓘ
surface form: Southern Channel Islands
usedResource acorns ⓘ
native plants ⓘ
sea mammals ⓘ
shellfish ⓘ
usedWatercraftType plank canoe ⓘ
ti'at ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

Takic peoples → hasEthnicGroup → Tongva people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gabrielino-Tongva people
Luiseño people → neighboringPeople → Tongva people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gabrielino-Tongva people
this entity surface form: Tongva (Gabrielino) people
Cahuilla people → relatedEthnicGroup → Tongva people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gabrielino-Tongva people
Serrano people → relatedEthnicGroup → Tongva people ⓘ
Taaqtam → relatedEthnicGroup → Tongva people ⓘ
Maarenga’yam → relatedEthnicallyTo → Tongva people ⓘ