Tongva Culture Tour, 2 Jul 2005 - Takwish

Tongva Culture Tour, 2 Jul 2005

A tour of the reconstruction of a Tongva (Gabrieleño) Village at the Mt. Baldy Forest Service Visitor Center (site of the Tongva village Joatngna), and an exhibit of Tongva basketry at the Cooper Regional History Museum in Upland. The tour was guided by Tongva tribal elder, Mark Acuña. See here for the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden Native Plants Tour.

Typical Tongva dwelling--much reduced scale. Original dwellings were approx. 35' in diameter. Tongva Village reconstruction, 2 Jul 2005. "Enter backwards and go clockwise."
Dance circle, east. Tongva Village reconstruction, 2 Jul 2005.
Interior, community house. Tongva Village reconstruction, 2 Jul 2005.
Interior, community house. Tongva Village reconstruction, 2 Jul 2005.