Native Narratives: Tongva Traditions

[@FRANKRICECOLD209]

My Family Is From Long Beach And My Dad is Tongva and Cocopah in the 1940 and 50 's he use to hunt and Fish In The Los Angeles River Before it was Concrete I Am So Proud Of My Ancestors We Are Survivors All Native people Are Servivers

[@christinemills8087]

It would be so wonderful to get Tongva people on the Elysian Valley Riverside Neighborhood Council!

[@shannonpaaske9467]

What a great video that I can show my 4th grade students to help them understand Tongva wisdom.

[@losbones]

I found this video searching the term Tongva on the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. Happy to have learned something about Los Angeles natives.

[@dysay]

'california' hosted the largest population in a non agriculture setting ever,and they did so very peacefully. This is no small feat, and the amount of wisdom, compassion, and technique of these peoples is not to be underestimated

[@jr.rigosandoval-monroy6758]

Beautiful ppl special ppl

[@Jimbeam151]

Thank you. That was about the most beautiful thing this grandfather has seen since the births of his grandchildren. I am born and raised in the San Gabriel Valley and have hiked many of it's rivers and streams. There are places you can sit in the valleys by the water deep in the mountains and hear the mountains whispering. Many times I've been on the verge of understanding what was being said and hoped to one day understand.

[@diegoherrera1422]

I wish there were more classes for the language i would love to learn it!

[@Patrick3183]

300 miles rowing on the river hundreds of years ago. Beautiful mental image.

[@PatioconNiurkaCaleroAlayon]

"Native Narratives: Tongva Traditions": The speaker discusses the significance of the river to the Tongva people, highlighting its role in their daily life and traditions. Villages were established along the river, serving as essential locations for bathing and gathering food. The importance of plants is emphasized, as they provided food, medicine, and materials for tools and crafts, showcasing the deep connection between the Tongva people and nature. Specific plants, like willow, are mentioned for their practical uses in making baskets and clothing, as well as their medicinal properties. The speaker expresses a spiritual connection to plants, suggesting that touching them is a way to connect with ancestors and emphasizes the practice of giving thanks to nature for its gifts.

[@joelrickards2315]

. thank you for giving us these lessons i now alot more about life here for the last twenty years now i am finding my connection with the spirit of this place may our creator be merciful .

[@bellatheband]

Beautiful to see!! The River is so important, the lifeline.. Thank you for this!

[@bennyfrohna7675]

this is beautiful and so loving.

[@piratepyro]

Wonderful video.

[@thrivefnl]

This was so heart warming The history… the precious little girl… the woman Thank you for sharing this May there be prosperity brought to these blessed people

[@FelisEsoterica]

Beautiful video. Thank you

[@octoberdiamond]

Happiness is watching this ❤

[@telishasmith]

That was so loving & educational❤ Thankyou

[@diegop2311]

Such cool history if you look for it . The POMO in the north of California some of the same history with the creeks being highways and in the middle of the city parks that are next to creeks you can find artifacts and just imagine when we used to live next to the creeks under there trees . And in many of are water ways hold great stories and history . Local knowledge is gold in glad it's on KZbin to save forever

[@medio-litro]

It's a tragedy what we've turned the beautiful Rio Hondo into. Hopefully us Angelinos can learn to live at peace with nature once again.

[@MelindaAugustina]

I would love to see LA River restored eventually. For the concrete to be removed. That's a long-term wish.

[@maupinmaupin1472]

I played on the Rio Hondo as a child.

[@brendaspaulding9398]

Beautiful ❤

[@vivadios7065]

Very well said my friend

[@davidortega357]

There was swamp.lands all over the southland wilmington.was suangna tules filled the lakes and springs San Pedro had at. Least 9.villages cabrillo called it the bay of Smokes

[@2012ehecatl]

I love this ❤

[@vivadios7065]

Plants are life

[@northerncaliforniachicanof4249]

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[@erikm8372]

I love this, but also I find it ironic how they’re discussing respecting the Plant People, and the spirits of the growing things, yet I can see several non-native, invasive plant species taking over that waterway! And of course they were brought over by Europeans at some point, either out of curiosity or "science", and now we have invasives… that are now competing with, and possibly eradicating, the native plants… also, toxic plants exist everywhere yes, but some of the invasives are highly toxic. Even deadly. I trust that Mrs. Johnson knows what she’s doing. 🙏🏼 I just hope, at 01:11, nobody messes with that castor bean tree behind them, with the big leaves, or _Ricinus communis_ as it’s known taxonomically-the name "Ricinus", as it is the base for the lethal chemical Ricin. The plant itself is pretty, and there is even a dark red form, But it’s a foreigner in America. We see it on the sides of freeways and roads everywhere in SoCal. The seedpods do actually look kinda cool, like an alien, spiky egg thing… and that’s the most dangerous part. In the seeds… or the castor beans, themselves. Hopefully kids, people, and even our beloved animals are taught not to touch them, and please, don’t ingest them…

[@marcoserrano7449]

good

[@crystalalbright540]

❤ Jerry has smile now cry later on his knees. Someone controlled my phone. Be safe.

[@etonitonga6300]

On my Tongan aka Polynesian side, we follow the same customs and believe in the same things. I bet we are descendants from the Tongva people. We are the ancestors that canoed out to the isles and never returned.

[@nachobidness_luv]

I'm Tongan too n I agree wit u... I see Tongan names on da map that trips me out!

[@etonitonga6300]

@@nachobidness_luv My mother is Chumash, Spanish, Mexican and French and her family founded what is known as San Luis Obispo county. Her Chumash blood has the same customs as the Tongans too. Very similar wording and dialects. I guess you c an say me and my siblings have connected the dots between the islands and the California coast!

[@romywhite290]

I would be so interested to see research on this. Mitochondrial DNA, language analysis. Some really cool history lies in this.

[@urielmartinez6279]

There have been many genetic studies done on this and this theory has been thoroughly disproven .

[@etonitonga6300]

@@urielmartinez6279 talk to Cal Poly Slo and UCSB professors. They’re the ones studying my native Chumash side and my Tongan side. We are the firsts!

[@JonathanLopez-hr5nw]

Weren’t they Aztec descendants? Uto- Aztecan language

[@martinocelotl8326]

The Tenochca (Aztec) empire was founded on an island in a lake in what is now Mexico City in 1325 CE, so no, The Kizh (Indians of the L.A. basin, obviously did not descend from the Aztecs since Kizh history goes back thousands of years. Yes, the Kizh language is from the Paiute branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family, but studies indicate the Pauite language predates Nahuatl, the "Aztec" language, otherwise known as the "Mexican" language.

[@BHTSGOHRD]

Uto Aztecan means languages derived from tribes that originate in Central Mexico

[@martinocelotl8326]

@@BHTSGOHRD That's not true. Uto-Aztecan langusges are a group of related languages, with northern "Uto" and southern "Aztecan" branches. "Uto-Aztecan" does not imply that the languages are derived from mesoamerican languages. In fact, the theory is that the northern languages are older than the southern ones.

[@BHTSGOHRD]

@@martinocelotl8326 I don’t believe that theory but I admire your knowledge in Native American culture 👍🏾

[@Ronnie-og5vq]

I live in the San Gabriel Valley and to know what happened to them and how they were enslaved, murdered and raped, not only physically,but culturally and religiously is so sad. The very ground I walk on was their land.

[@squarebusinessofficial]

Their people are in the South Pacific 🇹🇴

[@LURKING323]

Wow, never knew anything about the Tongva tribe.. are they Aztecs.. read they are like distant cousins? This is beautiful history to know about cypress park

[@Garycruz85]

All the Indians started with Eskimos Indians of Alaska and ventured downward as far as Brazil. The Aztecs , Mayans , Incas, Olmecs, Zapotecs which were known as the cloud people. In some way all of them are tied together.

[@davidortega357]

The tongva and Aztec there language was similar part of utoaztecan language family same as Paiute, shoshean, Luiseno, Yaqui , mayo raramuris , huichol, nahuas Comanche, Ute,

[@of1089]

​@@Garycruz85 i also believe there were people who visited from across the ocean on both sides of the world. The tongva held catalina island as a sacred place with spiritual masters who they described as having white hair and light colored eyes.

[@webhost-kij1960]

Why are the "Tongva" people stop using their name "Tongva"

[@handsome526]

This is my my mom's people

[@REDEYEDFEELiN]

A branch of the polynesians

[@vivadios7065]

Aho

[@Herec0mesBride1]

Mint plant for the teeth all real indigenous native automatically know that 😮

[@martinocelotl8326]

"Tongva" is a made-up academic name falsely attributed to the Native people of the L.A. basin. The people were known as "Kizh" or "Kicheros" (Spanish) by other tribes and colonists because of their unique woven willow houses they called a "kizh."

[@vivadios7065]

IAM from Hollywood Los Angeles van nuys Sherman oaks

[@Thehomiefromthe818]

I wish we could reconnect with Mother Nature rather than close it off with concrete jungles.

[@reimundnoll1999]

I don't believe the native Americans where walking around all day and giving respect to single plants. Thats seams more like a romantic picture of the noble wild as invented by Cooper.

[@magdalenamiamor6678]

Sounds like you haven’t done your research

[@magdalenamiamor6678]

I would also urge you to reflect on why you feel comfortable speaking over an indigenous woman sharing her history.

[@foxstar5521]

Op hasn't done their research. There no such thing as a tongva. That was invented by modern day colonizers in the 1903 and then revived again by a con artist in the 1980s.

[@foxstar5521]

The true indigenous people of LA have and always will be the Kizh.

[@of1089]

Probably would have been more of a quick respectful gesture instead of an elaborate ritual, sort of like a handshake.

[@seabiscuitthechallenger6899]

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