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The descendants of the Los Angeles Basin's first people had not had land of their own for nearly 200 years. Two years ago, a 1-acre property in suburban Altadena dotted with oak trees and shrubs ...
In this 6-acre oasis, which is named after the region's Indigenous Tongva Indian Tribe, you'll find a mix of native and locally appropriate plants spread throughout four areas: Observation Hill ...
as well as the Tongva, Tataviam, Fernandeno, and other Indigenous tribes, peacefully inhabited the region we now know as Los Angeles for over 10,000 years prior to colonization. The region was ...
Southern California Public Radio (SCPR) and LAist make up a nonprofit public media company operating within the homelands of the Gabrieleno Tongva people. SCPR facilities are located specifically ...
The Shoshone and Gabrielino/Tongva Indians were the region’s original inhabitants, and today Marina del Rey, which means “Marina of the King,” is the largest man-made marina in the United ...
But first, Ochoa checked in with her partners at the San Gabriel Band of Mission Indians Gabrieleno Tongva. Mountain lions, or tukuurot, are culturally significant to the Tongva, and she wanted to ...
I wanted to tell these comfortable people that there is not a single scrap of this earth that hasn’t been fought and killed over, that there were doubtless other people here before the Tongva ...