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The Acjachemen (/ ɑː ˈ x ɑː tʃ ə m ə m /) are an Indigenous people of California.Published maps often identify their ancestral lands as extending from the beach to the mountains, south from what is now known as Aliso Creek in Orange County to Las Pulgas Canyon in the northwestern part of San Diego County. [2]
The Tongva spoke a language of the Uto-Aztecan family (the remote ancestors of the Tongva probably coalesced as a people in the Sonoran Desert, between perhaps 3,000 and 5,000 years ago). The diversity within the Takic group is "moderately deep"; rough estimates by comparative linguists place the breakup of common Takic into the Luiseño ...
Orange County returned 6 acres of land to the Acjachemen and Tongva people. Tribal leaders say it's a small step in a movement to protect their heritage.
For thousands of years, the Tongva people flourished in the San Gabriel Mountains. Its canyons offered ample food and served as trading routes among far-flung Native communities. But by the early ...
The San Juan Capistrano earthquake of 1812 collapsed a stone church built by "neophytes," with most of the casualties being Acjachemen women, likely from nearby villages. [8] By the time of the secularization of the mission in 1833, 4,317 Acjachemen and other native people had been baptized at the mission (1,689 adults and 2,628 children). The ...
A one-acre property tucked within a canopy of oak trees and shrubs in Altadena has been transferred to Los Angeles' first people. After nearly 200 years, the Tongva community has land in Los ...
Puvunga (alternatively spelled Puvungna or Povuu'nga) is an ancient village and sacred site of the Tongva nation, the Indigenous people of the Los Angeles Basin, and the Acjachemen, the Indigenous people of Orange County. The site is now located within the California State University, Long Beach campus and surrounding areas. [1]
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