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Kowanga, California
Cahuenga (; also Cabeugna, Kowanga, Kawengha and Cabuenga) or "place of the hill" is a former Tongva and Tataviam (''Fernandeño - Gabrieleño'') Native American settlement in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California. Its precise location is unknown. It was located near the Mission San Fernando Rey de España. The name was used for the historic Mexican land grant Rancho Cahuenga. The name survives in Cahuenga Pass between the Valley and Hollywood, Cahuenga Boulevard, and Campo de Cahuenga in Studio City, California, where the Treaty of Cahuenga was signed. In a 2019 map, the village was placed near the Valley Village neighborhood in Los Angeles. See also *Tongva *Tataviam * Tongva language *California mission clash of cultures * Ranchos of California *Spanish missions in California The Spanish missions in California ( es, Misiones españolas en California) comprise a series of 21 religious outposts or missions established between 1769 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tongva People
The Tongva ( ) are an Indigenous peoples of California, Indigenous people of California from the Los Angeles Basin and the Channel Islands of California, Southern Channel Islands, an area covering approximately . Some descendants of the people prefer Kizh as an Endonym and exonym, endonym that, they argue, is more historically accurate. In the precolonial era, the people lived in as many as 100 villages and primarily identified by their village rather than by a pan-tribal name. During colonization, the Spanish referred to these people as Gabrieleño and Fernandeño, names derived from the Spanish missions in California, Spanish missions built on their land: Mission San Gabriel Arcángel and Mission San Fernando Rey de España. ''Tongva'' is the most widely circulated endonym among the people, used by Narcisa Higuera in 1905 to refer to inhabitants in the vicinity of Mission San Gabriel. Along with the neighboring Chumash people, Chumash, the Tongva were the most influential peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
