Chokishgna (also, Chokisgna and alternatively referenced as Chibugna) 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 ...
village located at what is now
Bell Gardens, California
Bell Gardens is a city in the U.S. state of California in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. Located in Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles County, the city's population was 39,501 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Bell Ga ...
. The village declined with the growth of
Mission San Gabriel, which was located at the site of the nearby village of
Toviscanga in 1776.
The original village site was located at the later site of a established in 1832 by
Lemuel Carpenter,
[Verne Dyson: "The Old Ranchos That are Buried in Los Angeles" in ''The Los Angeles Times'' Sunday Magazine, issue of December 18, 1927, pp. 12-13, 23 (23), https://www.newspapers.com/image/?spot=25458857, last accessed 2 February 2019.] which is currently the site of the city of Bell Gardens.
References
Tongva populated places
Bell Gardens, California
Former settlements in Los Angeles County, California
Former Native American populated places in California
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