The TataviamTataviam language Tataviam people facing the sun , previously called the Alliklik Chumash language Chumash grunter or stammerer , ref Johnson, John. http www.santa clarita.com cityhall cmo calendar viewevent.asp?id 9683 Discussion of the History of the Tataviam & Neighboring Native Americans of Southern California . Retrieved 1 Mar 2010. ref are a Native Americans in the United States Native American group in Southern California southern California . They traditionally occupied an area lying primarily in the upper basin of the Santa Clara River California Santa Clara River , the Santa Susana Mountains , and the Sierra Pelona Mountains . Language The meager evidence concerning the Tataviam language language spoken by the Tataviam has been extensively debated by scholars. The prevalent view is that it was an Uto Aztecan languages Uto Aztecan language , probably belonging to the Takic branch of that family. Population Estimates for the pre contact populations of most native groups ... 1925 883 estimated the combined 1770 population of the Serrano, Kitanemuk, and Tataviam as 3,500, and their population in 1910 as about 150. History The Tataviam were first contacted during the 1769 ... C. Blackburn 1978 536 , By 1810, virtually all the Tataviam had been baptized at Mission San .... 1990. Tataviam Geography and Ethnohistory . Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology 12 191 214. King, Chester, and Thomas C. Blackburn. 1978. Tataviam . In California , edited by Robert ... nsn.us Fernandeno Tataviam Band of Mission Indians, tribal government website http www.avim.parks.ca.gov ... tataviam.htm The Tataviam Early Newhall Residents by Paul Higgins http www.wwmag.net native.htm Meet the Tataviam by Christopher Nyerges Populations of Native California Groups Indigenous peoples of the Americas Pre Columbian North America Category California Mission Indians Tataviam Category Native American tribes in California Tataviam Category Native American history of California Category History ... more details
The Tataviam language was spoken by the Tataviam people of the upper Santa Clara River California Santa Clara River basin , Santa Susana Mountains , and Sierra Pelona Mountains in southern California . It had become extinct by 1916 and is known only from a few early records, notably a word list collected by the linguist John P. Harrington in 1917. Linguistic family Uto Aztecan Most scholars have recognized Tataviam as belonging to the Uto Aztecan languages Uto Aztecan linguistic family, Uto Aztecan languages Northern Uto Aztecan Northern Uto Aztecan division . They have been uncertain whether it should be considered a member of the Takic branch or a separate isolate branch of Uto Aztecan. Takic branch along with Tongva language Tongva Gabrieli o and Fernande o , Serrano , Luise o people Payomkowishum Luise o , Cahuilla language Cahuilla , and others Goddard 1996 7 King and Blackburn 1978 535 Marianne Mithun Mithun 1999 539 or perhaps a Separate isolate branch of Uto Aztecan like Tubatulabal and Hopi language Hopi Leanne Hinton Hinton 1994 85 . Chumashan An alternative suggestion by some scholars is that Tataviam was a Chumashan languages Chumashan language , from a Venture o language ... in California Traditional narratives Native California External links http tataviam nsn.us Fernandeno Tataviam Band of Mission Indians, tribal government website http www.native languages.org tataviam.htm native languages.org http linguistics.berkeley.edu survey languages tataviam.php Tataviam language .... Hudson, Travis. 1982. The Alliklik Tataviam Problem . Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology 4 222 232. Johnson, John R., and David D. Earle. 1990. Tataviam Geography and Ethnohistory .... 1978. Tataviam . In California , edited by Robert F. Heizer, pp. 535 537. Handbook of North ..., D.C. DEFAULTSORT Tataviam Language Category Extinct languages of North America Category Languages ... Tataviam ... more details
Cahuenga also, Cabeugna and Cabuenga or place of the hill is a former Tongva people Tongva and Tataviam Fernande o Gabriele o Native American settlement in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles , Los Angeles County, California Los Angeles County , California . ref name gnis gnis 1732514 ref Its precise location is unknown. ref name gnis The name was used for the historic Mexican Rancho land grant Rancho Cahuenga . The name survives in Cahuenga Pass between the Valley and Hollywood , Cahuenga Boulevard, and Campo de Cahuenga in Studio City, Los Angeles, California Studio City, California , where the Treaty of Cahuenga was signed. See also Tongva people Tongva Tataviam Tongva language Ranchos of California Spanish missions in California References reflist coord 34 09 36 N 118 19 34 W type city region US CA source GNIS enwiki display title br Populations of Native California Groups Pre Columbian North America Indigenous peoples of the Americas br California history Los Angeles San Fernando Valley Category Tongva Category Former Native American populated places in California Category Native American populated places Category Former populated places in California Category Former settlements in Los Angeles County, California Category San Fernando Valley Category Tongva populated places LosAngelesCountyCA geo stub ... more details
Infobox Language family name Takic region familycolor Uto Aztecan fam1 Uto Aztecan languages Uto Aztecan fam2 Northern Uto Aztecan languages Northern The Takic languages are a group of Uto Aztecan languages spoken by Classification of indigenous peoples of the Americas California Californian Native Americans in southern California . List of Takic languages Cahuilla language Cupe o language Luise o language Serrano language Tongva language ? Tataviam language Classification Serrano Gabrielino Serran Serrano language Serrano Kitanemuk language Kitanemuk sup sup Tongva language Tongva sup sup Cupan Cahuilla Cupe o Cahuilla language Cahuilla Cupe o language Cupe o Luise o language Luise o Juane o Morphology Takic languages are agglutinative languages, where words use suffix complexes for a variety of purposes with several morpheme s strung together. External links http www.ethnologue.com show family.asp?subid 92398 Ethnologue report for Takic languages Populations of Native California Groups DEFAULTSORT Takic Languages Category Agglutinative languages Category Uto Aztecan languages Category Indigenous languages of California Category Native American history of California Na lang stub California stub ... more details
The Kitanemuk were a Native Americans in the United States Native American tribe and people who lived in the Tehachapi Mountains and the Antelope Valley area of the western Mojave Desert of southern California , United States . Language Main Kitanemuk language The Kitanemuk spoke a Uto Aztecan languages Uto Aztecan language , probably akin to that of the Takic branch and to the Serrano language in particular. Population main Population of Native California Estimates for the pre contact populations of most native groups in California have varied substantially. Alfred L. Kroeber 1925 883 proposed a 1770 population for the Kitanemuk, together with the Serrano and Tataviam, as 3,500. Thomas C. Blackburn and Lowell John Bean 1978 564 estimated the Kitanemuk alone as 500 1,000. The combined population of the Kitanemuk, Serrano, and Tataviam in 1910 had fallen to only 150 persons, according to Kroeber. History The Kitanemuk were first contacted by the Franciscan missionary explorer Francisco Garc s in 1776. Some Kitanemuk were recruited and relocated for the Spanish missions in California Spanish missions of Mission San Fernando Rey de Espa a in the San Fernando Valley , Mission San Gabriel Arc ngel in the San Gabriel Valley , and perhaps Mission San Buenaventura at the coast in Ventura County, California Ventura County . Therefore they are sometimes grouped with the Mission Indians . Beginning in the 1850s, they were associated with the reservations at Fort Tejon and Tule River. References cite book last Sturtevant first William C. authorlink William C. Sturtevant coauthors Robert F. Heizer editor William C. Sturtevant, general editor Robert F. Heizer, volume editor title Handbook of North American Indians , Volume 8 California year 1978 location Washington, D.C. publisher Smithsonian Institution isbn 0 16 004574 6 id LCCN 77 0 17162 pages 564 569 chapter Kitanemuk cite book first Alfred Louis last Kroeber authorlink Alfred L. Kroeber title Handbook of the Indians of Cali ... more details
Infobox lake lake name Elizabeth Lake image lake Elizabeth Lake kmf.JPG location Angeles National Forest br Los Angeles County, California coords Coord 34.6658189 118.4025808 region US CA type waterbody source placeopedia display inline,title type Sag pond inflow outflow basin countries United States length width area depth max depth volume residence time shore elevation convert 973 m abbr on cities Lake Hughes, California Lake Hughes reference Elizabeth Lake is a lake located directly on the San Andreas Fault in the Angeles National Forest in Los Angeles County, California . The lake is one of a series of sag pond s in the area including Hughes Lake California Hughes Lake , and Munz Lakes , all created by the active motion of tectonic plate s. ref cite journal author Forest Service title Draft Land Management Plan Part 2 Angeles National Forest Strategy page 47 format .PDF publisher U.S. Department of Agriculture url http www.fs.fed.us r5 scfpr documents part2 anf.pdf version R5 MB 041 date May 2004 accessdate 2009 03 22 ref History Unreferenced section date March 2009 Elizabeth Lake is in the Antelope Valley, surrounded by rolling golden hills. It once straddled the boundary of the Tataviam and Kittanemuk tribes. The Tataviam may have called the lake Kivarum. In 1780, Father Junipero Serra named the lake La Laguna de Diablo. The lake earned the name La Laguna de Diablo because some who lived by it believed it to contain the devil s pet, also known as the Elizabeth Lake Monster. ref cite web author title Mysterious L.A. The Monster of Elizabeth Lake? url http www.laalmanac.com mysterious my06a.htm publisher Los Angeles Almanac year 2009 accessdate 2009 03 26 ref Sometime after 1834, the lake was named Rabbitt for a very short time. Then it became La Laguna de Chico Lopez. In 1849, Elizabeth Wingfield was camping with her family beside the lake. She walked down a log which extended into the water to fill buckets for cooking and drinking. Elizabeth slipped off the lo ... more details
and San Fernando Valley , and the Tataviam in the upper Santa Clara River Valley. The men did not wear ... L. Kroeber put the combined 1770 population of the Serrano, Kitanemuk , and Tataviam at 3,500 and the Serrano .... Kroeber estimated the combined population of the Serrano, Kitanemuk, and Tataviam in 1910 as 150. Reservations ... more details
Image CanyonCountry.JPG thumb right 400px A neighborhood in the Sierra Pelona Mountains , in Canyon Country near the central Sand Canyon and Soledad Canyon Roads junction with the San Gabriel Mountains in the background. Canyon Country is a community and district within the town of Santa Clarita, California Santa Clarita , located in northwestern Los Angeles County, California , United States . Canyon Country is north of the San Fernando Valley via Newhall Pass through the Santa Susana Mountains Santa Susana and San Gabriel Mountains . Canyon Country is located in the upper drainage basin watershed of the Santa Clara River California Santa Clara River in the Santa Clarita Valley and Sierra Pelona Mountains foothills. History The area was the ancestral homeland of the Tataviam people for over five hundred years, and other tribes before then, such as the Tongva people Tongva , Kitanemuk , and Serrano people . After the Spanish invasion the valley first became grazing lands of the Mission San Fernando Rey de Espa a around 1790. In 1834, after Mexican Independence, it became part of the Rancho San Francisco land grant centered on the merging of the Santa Clara River and Castaic Creek . ref cite web author url http www.scvhistory.com scvhistory cc.htm title History of Canyon Country publisher Santa Clarita Valley Historical Society accessdate 2004 07 04 ref In the 1880s the rancho become the Newhall Ranch empire of Henry Newhall , now the present day Newhall Land and Farming Company . In 1928 the St. Francis Dam collapsed, suddenly flooding and washing away settlements and people along the Santa Clara River section of present day Canyon Country. In the 1960s and 1970s the Newhall Land company s suburban developments transformed Canyon Country and the surrounding towns into a focused residential and cultural city. ref cite web author url http www.scvhistory.com scvhistory cc.htm title History of Canyon Country publisher Santa Clarita Valley Historical Society accessdate 2 ... more details
. History The area was originally inhabited by the Tataviam Indigenous peoples of the Americas ... caves throughout the local mountains. By all accounts a peaceful tribe, the Tataviam were Christianization ... 2009 is derived from the Tataviam language word for the tule phragmites reeds growing along Piru Creek ... more details
Infobox NRHP name Vasquez Rocks nrhp type hd image Vasquez Rocks April 2005.jpg caption Vasquez Rocks location Escondido Canyon Rd., Agua Dulce, California nearest city Agua Dulce, California lat degrees lat minutes lat seconds lat direction long degrees long minutes long seconds long direction locmapin Los Angeles area built architect architecture added June 22, 1972 visitation num visitation year refnum 72000228 mpsub governing body File Vasquez Rocks County Park.jpg thumb Vasquez Rocks Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park is a 905 acre 3 km northern Los Angeles County, California Los Angeles County , California , United States USA park acquired by the Los Angeles County government in the 1970s. It is in the Agua Dulce, California Agua Dulce vicinity between the Antelope Valley and the Santa Clarita Valley just north of Los Angeles and can be seen easily by motorists driving the Antelope Valley Freeway CA 14 . History The creation of these Rock formations in the United States rock formation are by the San Andreas Fault . ref cite book author Frizzell, VA, Jr & Weigand, PW title Whole rock K Ar ages and geochemical data from middle Cenozoic volcanic rocks, southern California A test of correlations across the San Andreas fault in The San Andreas fault system displacement, palinspastic reconstruction, and geologic evolution Matti, Jonathan C. Powell, R. F. Weldon, R. J.,eds publisher Geological Society of America location Boulder, Colo year 1993 pages isbn 0 8137 1178 9 oclc doi ref In 1873 and 1874 Tiburcio V squez one of California s most notorious bandit s used these rocks to elude capture by law enforcement. His name has since been associated with this geologic feature. Vasquez Rocks was added to the National Register of Historic Places site 72000228 in 1972 due to its significance as a prehistoric site for the Shoshone an and Tataviam peoples. ref cite web title CALIFORNIA Los Angeles County work National Register of Historic Places publisher National Park Serv ... more details
Infobox mountain name Rocky Peak photo rockypeak02222010.jpg photo caption elevation ft 2715 elevation ref NAVD88 ref name ngs cite ngs id EW7402 designation Chatsworth H 1 accessdate 2009 08 09 ref prominence location Los Angeles County, California Los Angeles County Ventura County, California Ventura County , California , United States USA range Santa Susana Mountains coordinates coord 34 17 30.6 N 118 38 12.5 W region US CA type mountain source ngs display inline,title coordinates ref ref name ngs topo United States Geological Survey USGS Simi Valley East first ascent easiest route Road hike Rocky Peak , located in Rocky Peak Park , is the third highest point in the Santa Susana Mountains , and overlooks the San Fernando Valley and Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California Chatsworth , the Simi Hills , and the Simi Valley in Southern California . The peak, which is convert 2715 ft m 0 in elevation, sits on the Los Angeles County Ventura County line. Geography Rocky Peak also marks the point where the county line changes direction from true North to a more North Westerly direction. A large railroad spike driven into the rocks mark this exact spot on the county line. Rocky Peak, which gets its name from the many large craggy boulders that dot its surface, can be viewed from several locations along Topanga Canyon Blvd., and from the Hwy 118 Freeway, also known as the Ronald Reagan Freeway . The nearest neighbor is Oat Mountain California Oat Mountain , the highest mountain in Santa Susana Mountains range, which lies east of Rocky Peak. History The area was part of the homeland and trading crossroads of the Tataviam , Tongva people Tongva , and Chumash people for eight thousand years. ref http www.usatoday.com tech science discoveries 2006 03 03 prehistoric mill x.htm USA Today article USA Today Accessed 5 22 2010 ref The Chumash Burro Flats Painted Cave is just to the west in the Simi Hills on the Santa Susana Field Laboratory property. Historic Santa Susana Pass is at th ... more details
File Walker Cabin.jpg right thumb 325px The restored Walker Cabin at Placerita Canyon State Park. Placerita Canyon State Park is a California Department of Parks and Recreation California State Park in the San Gabriel Mountains , in an unincorporated rural area of Los Angeles County , north of Los Angeles near Santa Clarita, California . Cultural History Placerita Canyon was occupied by the Tataviam Native Americans in the United States Native American people and was part included in the 1842 Rancho Mexican land grant was issued for Rancho San Francisco . The park preserves the site of the first documented discovery of gold in California, in 1842, in wild onion roots pulled from under the Rancho San Francisco Gold discovery Oak of the Golden Dream . ref name PSP cite web url http www.parks.ca.gov default.asp?page id 622 title Placerita Canyon State Park accessdate 31 May 2009 ref The canyon is home to several movie ranch es, all historic and active now the Movie ranch Monogram Ranch Melody Ranch Monogram Movie Ranch Melody Ranch and the Golden Oak Ranch Disney Golden Oak Ranch . ref http www.melodyranchstudio.com museum.html www.melodyranchstudio. Melody Ranch Studio Museum. access date 5 15 2010. ref ref http employees.oxy.edu jerry melody.htm oxy.edu Monogram Melody Ranch. access date 5 15 2010 ref ref cite web name Leon Worden url http www.scvhistory.com scvhistory sg032903.htm title Melody Ranch Movie Magic in Placerita Canyon publisher Santa Clarita Valley Historical Society accessdate 2003 03 29 ref The Oak of the Golden Dream is California Historical Landmark 168. Natural history Located in the transition zone between the San Gabriel Mountains California chaparral and woodlands Ecosystem , and the Mojave Desert Mojave s Deserts and xeric shrublands Biome in the California Floristic Province , the http tchester.org plants muns sgm placerita canyon.html Placerita Canyon Flora is complex. Placerita Canyon State Park is in the east west trending Placerita Canyon, ... more details
Infobox mountain pass name Santa Susana Pass photo photo caption elevation traversed California State Route 118 State Route 118 location Simi Valley, California Simi Valley Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California Chatsworth district, Los Angeles , California , USA range Santa Susana Mountains Simi Hills coordinates coord 34 15 53 N 118 37 58 W type pass topo The Santa Susana Pass is a Southern California mountain pass in the Simi Hills connecting the San Fernando Valley and town of Chatsworth, Los Angeles Chatsworth , to the Simi Valley and city of Simi Valley. Natural history The pass is the division between the Simi Hills to the south and Santa Susana Mountains to the north, and forms the most critical wildlife corridor and habitat linkage between them. ref name lamountains.com http www.lamountains.com parks.asp?parkid 51 ref The scenery is made up of sandstone formations in massive outcroppings and numerous boulders, with California chaparral and woodlands Ecoregion , with California oak woodland oak savannahs , California coastal sage and chaparral ecoregion chaparral shrub forest , and Nassella native bunchgrass plant communities in between. The perennial water sources provide diverse habitat for birds, mammals, and reptiles. ref name lamountains.com History Empty section date June 2010 Native American The Santa Susana Pass was at the juncture of the Native American Tongva people Tongva Fernande o , Chumash people Chumash Ventura o , and Tataviam Tataviam Fernande o tribal lands and was first crossed by their trail route, and used for an estimated 8,000 years. ref http www.usatoday.com tech science discoveries 2006 03 03 prehistoric mill x.htm USA Today article ref ref http www.mercurynews.com mld mercurynews news local states california northern california 14007712.htm Mercury News article ref Early 19th century The Spanish, and later Mexican, Mission San Fernando Rey de Espa a and History of the San Fernando Valley to 1915 San Fernando Valley rancho people u ... more details
, California Topanga . The Tataviam were established in the valleys to the north Pacoima, Los Angeles, California Pacoima is believed to be of TataviamTataviam Fernande o people s Tataviam language .... The TataviamTataviam Fernande o people inhabited the foothills of the Santa Susana Mountains ... more details
File Santa Susana State Historic Park Map.png right 250px thumb Santa Susana Pass State Historic Park with the Old Santa Susana Stage Road in red . The star marks the historic plaque for the stage road. Santa Susana Pass State Historic Park is a California State Park of approximately convert 680 acre km2 located on the boundary between Ventura County Ventura and Los Angeles County Los Angeles Counties , between the communities of Chatsworth, California Chatsworth and Simi Valley . Geologically, the park is located where Simi Hills meet the Santa Susana Mountains . Here in the western part of the Transverse Ranges , the land is dominated by high, narrow ridges and deep canyons covered with an abundant variety of plant life. The park offers panoramic views of the rugged natural landscape as a striking contrast to the developed communities nearby. The park is also rich in archaeological, historical and cultural significance. ref name Plan Santa Susana Pass SHP General Plan, 2007 ref ref name Hist Bevill 2007 ref History The park includes a convert 174 acre km2 adj on National Register of Historic Places property consisting of historic features and sites. This includes the Tongva peopleTongva , Chumash people Chumash , and Tataviam Native Americans in the United States Native American people s trading routes and village sites remains. It also includes portions of the Old Santa Susana Stage Road . The Santa Susana stagecoach road was the main route for mail and travelers between Los Angeles and Southern California northwest to Simi Valley , Santa Barbara, California Santa Barbara , and the San Francisco Bay Area from 1861 until 1876 when the rail connections began between the two regions through the Newhall Pass opened. The stage road was declared City of Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument 92 designated 01 05 1972 and Ventura County Historical Landmark 104 designated 10 21 1986 . ref name Plan ref name Hist The park also includes land that was previously part of the ... more details
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