Tongva/Gabrielino Tribe
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Tongva/Gabrielino Tribe
“The First Angelinos”
Rock Art Tiat
Tongva ImagesWhale Art Tongva
Village (Kech)
Tongva/Gabrielino Nation“People of the Earth”
10,000 BC – “Shoshones” in L.A.
1540s - Spanish arrived
1771 - San Gabriel Mission founded “Isankangna”
Spanish capture Tongva
Tongva are renamed “Gabrielino”
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California’s 21 Missions
“El Camino Real”
21st - San Francisco (1823)
Los Angeles (1781)
4th - San Gabriel (1771)
1st - San Diego (1769)
Tradition of Daily Bathing
Chinigchinich commanded that Tongva bathe dailyIn San Gabriel River
Cleanliness and hygene helped Tongva resist
diseases brought by Spanish
Spanish Capture Channel Islands
Off the coast ofSouthern California
Catalina -“Pimungna”San Nicolas
Tongva on Islands Captured
Sent to San Gabriel Mission
Tongva Legend of the Torovim
Ancient Chief (Tomyaar)Chased to Edge of a Cliff
Facing Certain Death, Jumps into Pacific
Becomes a Dolphin (Torovim)
Protector of the Tongva
Loyola
Marymount University
Von der Ahe Library at Loyola Marymount University
Tongva Display and Artifacts
Grandma Rose LassosBorn at San Gabriel MissionIn 1887
Rose LassosBorn in 1987