Tongva

The Tongva are a Native American people who inhabited the area in and around Los Angeles, California before the arrival of Europeans. "Tongva"...

L. Frank

female
L. Frank is the "nom d'arte" of L. Frank Manriquez, a California Indian artist, tribal scholar, and community activist. Her tribal background is...
Toypurina

Toypurina

female, deceased (1799)
Toypurina, was a Tongva medicine woman who opposed the rule of Spanish missionaries in California, and led an unsuccessful rebellion against them....
Hugo Reid

Hugo Reid

male, deceased (1852)
Hugo Reid was a resident of Los Angeles, California in 1852 who wrote a series of newspaper letters that described the culture, language, and...
Tonantzin Carmelo

Tonantzin Carmelo

female
Tonantzín Carmelo is an American actress. A California Mission Indian (Gabrielino and Mexica) who counts herself a descendant of the original r...

Gabrielino-Tongva Tribe

 (Santa Monica, California, United States)