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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.
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 ]
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]
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 ...
The 1-acre property that now provides renewed connection for the Tongva people had belonged to Sharon Alexander, whose family built a Spanish ranch-style home on the wooded parcel in 1931 ...
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 ...
One estimate placed the village population at around 100–150 at the time of contact. The village was multiethnic and multilingual, being shared by the Tongva and Acjachemen. [9] Archaeological evidence dates the village to be at least 9,000 years old. [6] As a coastal village, the usage of te'aats may have been important to the village's people.
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