Natives lived in L.A. for 8,000+ years (video)

Friends of LA River; CBS LA; P.J.P.; Xochitl, Dhr. Seven, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Map of Tovaangar or Tongvaland now called "Los Angeles" (lamag.com)

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Native Narratives: Tongva Traditions

Toluca Lake parcels for sale.

(Friends of the Los Angeles River) Oct. 12, 2020. Observe tradition being passed from one generation to the next as we see the Los Angele River through the eyes of its original people, the Tongva (Gabrieleno or Kizh). In searching for tule reed to construct a doll we learn about the ways Tongva people relied upon the river and how they paid respects to plants and all of nature.

Look At This: Toluca Lake in Native Tongva Land

Map of Tovaangar (Los Angeles)

(CBS Los Angeles) In tonight's episode (March 31, 2022), Desmond Shaw gives us a fascinating history lesson about the star-studded Los Angeles neighborhood of Toluca Lake. Celebrities like Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, and Viola Davis have all called this exclusive lakeside idyll their home throughout the years after developers pushed the native people off the land and into ghettoes and early burial plots.

Welcome to Tongvaland

(Pamela J. Peters) LOS ANGELES, California (Jan. 24, 2020) A poem written as a Navajo learning more about the traditional Native people in Los Angeles known as the Tongva (Kizh or Gabrieleno) people. They are not gone but are very much alive all over Los Angeles (Tongvaland). Let's acknowledge the Gabrielino/Tongva peoples, living as the remnants of many tribes, as the traditional caretakers of the land known as Tovaangar (LA basin and Channel Islands extending out for 50 miles). As a Navajo, I pay respect to the Honuukvetam (Ancestors), ‘Ahiihirom (Elders), and ‘Eyoohiinkem (relatives/relations) past, present, and emerging. Ahéhee' ("Thank you" in Diné or Navajo) © 2020 Tachiinii Production.