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Many places throughout the U.S. state of California take their names from the languages of the indigenous Native American/American Indian tribes. The following list includes settlements, geographic features, and political subdivisions whose names are derived from these indigenous languages.
A map of California tribal groups and languages at the time of European contact. The Indigenous peoples of California are the Indigenous inhabitants who have previously lived or currently live within the current boundaries of California before and after the arrival of Europeans.
Evidence of human occupation of California dates from at least 19,000 years ago. [22] Archeological sites with dates that support human settlement in period 12,000–7,000 ybp are: Borax Lake, the Cross Creek Site, Santa Barbara Channel Islands, Santa Barbara Coast's Sudden Flats, and the Scotts Valley site, CA-SCR-177.
The spreadsheet section in part 2, pages 781 – 948 is titled "Indian Land Cessions in the United States."The data are extracted from the U.S. government's treaties, reservations and land cessions with California's tribal people in the years 1851–1896.
Map of the Costanoan languages and major villages. Over 50 villages and tribes of the Ohlone (also known as Costanoan) Native American people have been identified as existing in Northern California circa 1769 in the regions of the San Francisco Peninsula, Santa Clara Valley, East Bay, Santa Cruz Mountains, Monterey Bay and Salinas Valley.
Californian Native American archeological, historical, sacred, and former populated places in California. See also: Indigenous peoples of California , and Category: Native American history of California .
Pages in category "Former settlements in Humboldt County, California" The following 54 pages are in this category, out of 54 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Chowigna (also, Unaungna) is a former Tongva-Gabrieleño Native American settlement in Los Angeles County, California. [2] It was located in modern-day Palos Verdes, Palos Verdes Peninsula. [2] Name variations include: Chowiinga, Chowi, Unaungna, Chowigna, and Chowingna (near San Pedro). [3]