Tongva
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Sep 22, 2026
Monty MaderHOST
I always like to give a little bit of backstory.
Monty MaderHOST
This is Tongva country.
Monty MaderHOST
The Tongva lived in Los Angeles basin and the San Gabriel foothills for thousands of years before a single Spaniard showed up.
Monty MaderHOST
And the river of the Spanish renamed the Los Angeles was to them the Pamitpaksat.
Monty MaderHOST
the West River.
Monty MaderHOST
The stretch where the river cuts between the Verdugo Mountains and Griffith Park, right where Glendale sits today, is called the Glendale Narrows, and the Tongva villages ringed it.
Monty MaderHOST
Hahamonga, up near the area of Seka, and Tahunga, up to the north.
Monty MaderHOST
Maunga and Winganga in the lowlands.
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Memo to Democrats, if you ever want to win an election again, the absolute most important first step is stop doing this.
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We gather in celebration of the Oscars on the ancestral lands of the Tongva, Tataviam, and Chumash peoples, the traditional caretakers of this water and land.
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said it before, I'll say it again.
DanielHOST
Just for bragging rights right now, me and my own ego that I'm still working on.
DanielHOST
What's the pronunciation of it? I think it's the Tongva tribe.
DanielHOST
I think that was indigenous to my area.
DanielHOST
The Hopis, it's like the Southwest, isn't it?
David McEllisHOST
Then they moved to the North LA neighborhood of Northridge.
David McEllisHOST
Northridge was inhabited 2,000 years ago by the Tongva people who lived in dome-shaped houses and were sometimes called people of the earth.
David McEllisHOST
Those Tongva people were killed in mass by Spanish missionaries.
David McEllisHOST
Nearly 6,000 Tongva are buried on the grounds of the San Gabriel Mission.
David McEllisHOST
The Mexican governor later sold the land to a Spanish native in the 1840s.
David McEllisHOST
His heirs sold it to ranchers who later subdivided the area.
Josie HuangHOST
You can read more at LAist.com and listen live on the LAist app or on the radio at 89.3 FM.
Austin CrossHOST
LAist Studios operates within the homelands of the Gabrielino Tongva people.
Austin CrossHOST
We recognize the painful history of displacement, settler colonialism, and erasure of the people, their language, and their sovereignty.
Austin CrossHOST
Visit laist.com slash land for more information.
Karina DesRosesHOST
It is a cloudy day in July.
Karina DesRosesHOST
And I'm on the land of the Tongva people, also known as Los Angeles, California.
Karina DesRosesHOST
Hey, hey, hey.
Karina DesRosesHOST
Hey.
Fanshen CoxHOST
Savage, Sean Pipkin-West, and Megan Fillmore.
Fanshen CoxHOST
Sister Brunch is recorded on the unceded territory of the Tongva and the Chumash in Los Angeles.
Fanshen CoxHOST
Thank you so much for listening.
Fanshen CoxHOST
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Tammie ChavezGUEST
You had first native people here.
Tammie ChavezGUEST
You had the Tongva tribe.
Tim NealonHOST
Mm-hmm.
Tammie ChavezGUEST
And then you had other battles that people don't know about with the Tongva tribe and the first settlers on the land which is now the Hollywood Hills.
Tim NealonHOST
Uh-huh.
Tammie ChavezGUEST
Benedict Canyon, where the Sharon Tate murders occurred, and so on and so forth.
Scott CateyHOST
All right.
Rich FergusonGUEST
I'm born from Tongva plant medicine, ayahuasca, and psilocybin-powered sound bath ceremonies.
Rich FergusonGUEST
The amped-up grit and glitz of the sunset strip from the living electricity of Jim Morrison at the Whiskey A Go-Go to River Phoenix's deep dive into overdose at the Viper Room.
Rich FergusonGUEST
My bones have been broken by car crashes, starwood punk rock mosh pits, and the 1943 zoot suit riots.
Jessa CalderonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
My name is Jessa Calderon.
Jessa CalderonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I am Tongva, or also known as Tongva, Gabrielino, as well as Chumash and Yaqui.
Jessa CalderonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
When it came to our loved ones, our relatives who are now ancestors, when they were tending to the land, everything was with intention.
Jessa CalderonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And so it's with knowledge that when you set fire to the land, you're going to, um- put balance in the land.
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