All about the ancient tribes
Lost Treaty Rights And Current Status. The “18 lost treaties” recognized the Tongva but were never adopted. In 1950, under the Eisenhower policy of “Assimilation” of Native American Tribes, the Gabrielino -Tongva were effectively terminated.
The Gabrielino proper inhabited what are now southern and eastern Los Angeles county and northern Orange county, as well as the islands of Santa Catalina and San Clemente; they were named after the Franciscan mission San Gabriel Arcángel (and thus have sometimes been called San Gabrielinos).
The Tongva believed in a religion named after their creator: Chingichnish. Artists designed sand portraits representing the universe in front of alters dedicated to the creator. Both women and men could be shamans, and they were the religious leaders and healers of the tribe.
How is the Gabrielino Indian nation organized? Like many California Indians, the Gabrielinos were placed in reservations together with other Mission Indians from different tribes. A reservation is land that belongs to an Indian tribe and is under their control.
Literally, it means “the world,” this hill and everything around it, as seen through the eyes of the Tongva, the first residents of the land.
Tongva word of the day for 26 April 2013 — miyiiha’ ” hello “, spoken by Jacob Gutierrez of the Gabrielino – Tongva Language Committee. (This word more literally means ” say what?”, which can in fact also be a greeting in English!)
The Gabrielino ate lots of different varieties of foods. They ate acorns, chia, sage, yucca, miner’s lettuce ( Indian lettuce ), berries, wild oat, and fish. They ate these food to help them grow strong and survive.
Yurok, North American Indians who lived in what is now California along the lower Klamath River and the Pacific coast. They spoke a Macro-Algonquian language and were culturally and linguistically related to the Wiyot.
Their food included staple diet of acorns which they ground into acorn meal to make soup, cakes and bread. These great fishers used nets and harpoons to capture sharks and even whales. Smaller fish such as sea bass, trout, shellfish and halibut were primary food sources.
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).
In 1771, Franciscan Fathers under the leadership of Father Junipero Serra founded the Mission San Gabriel Archangel, forming the foundation for the diverse and rich communities that now make up the Los Angeles region.
The Chumash were also purveyors of clamshell-bead currency for southern California. Early 21st-century population estimates indicated some 7,000 Chumash descendants.
The Gabrielino/ Tongva Tribe is one of two state recognized tribes and the best documented tribe in the state without federal recognition.