Hahamongna (alternatively spelled Hahaamonga or Jajamonga) and Hahamog-na are two historic

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village sites. They are located in the Verdugo Mountains of

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and bear the name of the local band of indigenous Tongva, "'' Hahamog'na."'' The sites are located in present-day Pasadena and Glendale in

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. Hahamongna was one of the largest Tongva villages in the greater

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area, along with Cahuenga, Tujunga, and Siutcanga.

Locations

Hahamongna – Glendale

Hahamongna was located in present-day Glendale and existed on the lower southwestern Verdugo Mountains slopes and the eastern

plain with the free-flowing

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just south. This village would later move to the western portion of

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, an early Spanish land grant in 1784 issued by Las Californias Governor Pedro Fages to Spanish Corporal José María Verdugo (1751–1831), in present-day Glendale in the

Hahamog-na – Arroyo Seco

Hahamog-na is the Tongva village archeological site located in the upper Arroyo Seco area just above the Devil's Gate in the present-day Altadena- Pasadena- Jet Propulsion Laboratory-JPL area. It is where the lower slopes of the eastern Verdugo Mountains, southern

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, and western San Rafael Hills meet in the Arroyo Seco canyon valley. The site of Hahamog-na is now within the protected natural area o
Hahamongna Watershed Park
a

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and

plant community A plant community is a collection or Association (ecology), association of plant species within a designated geographical unit, which forms a relatively uniform patch, distinguishable from neighboring patches of different vegetation types. The comp ...

blend of freshwater

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wetland A wetland is a distinct semi-aquatic ecosystem whose groundcovers are flooded or saturated in water, either permanently, for years or decades, or only seasonally. Flooding results in oxygen-poor ( anoxic) processes taking place, especially ...

riparian zone A riparian zone or riparian area is the interface between land and a river or stream. In some regions, the terms riparian woodland, riparian forest, riparian buffer zone, riparian corridor, and riparian strip are used to characterize a ripari ...

s, native oak woodlands, and

chaparral Chaparral ( ) is a shrubland plant plant community, community found primarily in California, southern Oregon, and northern Baja California. It is shaped by a Mediterranean climate (mild wet winters and hot dry summers) and infrequent, high-intens ...

elfin forests.

Hahamog-na Tongva band

The band of Tongva people who lived in the area of the Verdugo Mountains that contains both settlements was named the ''Hahamog-na'' and ''Hahamongna'' by some non-native immigrants and historians. The two settlements sharing the 'same sounding' name, with different spellings given by non-native people, ''may'' stem from the band inhabiting both places. Research with present-day Tongva-Gabrieleño people, historical researchers and ethnologists, and supported by citations is needed.

References

*Reference citations for the ''Hahamongna'' and ''Tongva'' entries in the Rancho San Pascual and Eulalia Pérez de Guillén Mariné Wikipedia articles.

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