Tongva/Gabrielino Tribe

“The First Angelinos”

Rock Art Tiat

Tongva ImagesWhale Art Tongva

Village (Kech)

Tongva/Gabrielino Nation“People of the Earth”

10,000 BC – “Shoshones” in L.A.

1540s - Spanish arrived

1771 - San Gabriel Mission founded “Isankangna”

Spanish capture Tongva

Tongva are renamed “Gabrielino”

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California’s 21 Missions

“El Camino Real”

21st - San Francisco (1823)

Los Angeles (1781)

4th - San Gabriel (1771)

1st - San Diego (1769)

Tradition of Daily Bathing

Chinigchinich commanded that Tongva bathe dailyIn San Gabriel River

Cleanliness and hygene helped Tongva resist

diseases brought by Spanish

Spanish Capture Channel Islands

Off the coast ofSouthern 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 Tongva

Loyola

Marymount University

Von der Ahe Library at Loyola Marymount University

Tongva Display and Artifacts

Grandma Rose LassosBorn at San Gabriel MissionIn 1887

Rose LassosBorn in 1987