Asuksa-nga (also Azucsagna or Asucsagna, or Ashuksha-vit in the neighboring
Serrano dialect of
Shoshone
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* Eastern Shoshone: Wyoming
* Northern Shoshon ...
) is a former
Tongva
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-Gabrieleño
Californian Native American settlement in the
San Gabriel Valley
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. The meaning of the name is "Skunk place" or "Skunk hill," with Asuksa meaning skunk and the -nga or -vit ending meaning place.
The site is in
Los Angeles County
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, California.
It was located where the
San Gabriel River exits the
San Gabriel Mountains
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, in present-day
Azusa
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...
and
Duarte.
See also
*
Tongva populated places
*
California mission clash of cultures
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*
Indigenous peoples of California
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References
Tongva populated places
Azusa, California
Duarte, California
Former settlements in Los Angeles County, California
Former Native American populated places in California
San Gabriel River (California)
San Gabriel Valley
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