Los Angeles Natives
Monday, December 10, 2012
Modern Chumash Story Tellers
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Georgina Sanchez Sanchez is a published author and poet and instructor in Native American Literature at California State University, Long ...
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Tonga Villages and Names
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Names and locations of Tongva villages, superimposed over a map of today's Los Angeles (Map updated 9/16/2011) If you look at ...
Chumash Creation Story
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The Chumash myth tells of a great deluge which engulfed the earth, taking with it all living things save for the Spotted Woodpecker, the nep...
The Chumash
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The Chumash territory once spanned 7,000 miles from Malibu to Paso Robles. As with most Native American tribes, they passed down history thr...
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Tongva Sacred Sites
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Like many other Native tribes, the Tongva have been loosing the battle to keep their sacred sites safe from developers and other people who ...
The Tongva People
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The creation story of the Tongva stems from the god Quaoar, which means creator. Quaoar comes into being through chaos. He was sad that the...
The Real Locals of Los Angeles
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Los Angeles has a rich culture of Native American history, and it currently has the largest Native American population in the states. The tw...
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