Maugna is a former
Tongva
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 . In the precolonial era, the peop ...
-Gabrieleño
Native American settlement, or ''
ranchería
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'', in
Los Angeles County
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,
California
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.
It was located at
Rancho Los Feliz (''Rancho Felis''), present day
Hollywood
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* Hollywood, Los Angeles, a neighborhood in California
* Hollywood, a metonym for the cinema of the United States
Hollywood may also refer to:
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* Hollywood ...
.
The settlement was one of twenty seven villages included in the records of
Mission San Gabriel, indicating that villagers from Maugna were baptized and enslaved at the mission after its establishment in the
Los Angeles Basin
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in 1776.
References
See also
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Genga
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Toviscanga
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Yaanga
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Tongva language
The Tongva language (also known as Gabrielino, Gabrieleño, or Kizh) is an extinct and revitalizing Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Tongva, a Native American people who have lived in and around modern-day Los Angeles for centuries. It has n ...
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California mission clash of cultures
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Ranchos in California
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Ranchería
The Spanish word ranchería, or rancherío, refers to a small, rural settlement. In the Americas the term was applied to Indigenous peoples of the Americas, native villages or bunkhouses. Anglo-Americans adopted the term with both these meaning ...
History of Hollywood, Los Angeles
Former settlements in Los Angeles County, California
Former Native American populated places in California
Former populated places in California
Tongva populated places
Native Americans in Los Angeles
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