Tongva/Gabrielino Tribe “The First Angelinos”
Rock Art Tiat Tongva Images Whale Art Tongva Village (Kech)
Tongva/Gabrielino Nation “People of the Earth” 10,000 BC – “Shoshones” in L.A. 1540s - Spanish arrived San Gabriel Mission founded “Isankangna” Spanish capture T ongva Tongva are renamed “Gabrielino”
California’s 21 Missions “El Camino Real” 21st - San Francisco (1823) Los Angeles (1781) 4 th - San Gabriel (1771) 1 st - San Diego (1769)
Tradition of Daily Bathing Chinigchinich commanded that Tongva bathe daily In San Gabriel River Cleanliness and hygene helped Tongva resist diseases brought by Spanish
Spanish Capture Channel Islands Off the coast of Southern California Catalina -“Pimungna” San Nicolas Tongva on Islands Captured Sent to San Gabriel Mission
Tongva Legend of the Torovim Ancient Chief (Tomyaar) Chased to Edge of a Cliff Facing Certain Death, Jumps into Pacific Becomes a Dolphin ( Torovim ) Protector of the T ongva Loyola Marymount University
Von der Ahe Library at Loyola Marymount University Tongva Display and Artifacts Grandma Rose Lassos Born at San Gabriel Mission In 1887 Rose Lassos Born in 1987