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Tuyunga or Tujunga (Tongva: Tuhuunga, “place of the old woman”) [1] is a former Tongva (Fernandeño) village now located at Sunland-Tujunga, Los Angeles in Los Angeles County, California. The village was located near the original Rancho Los Encinos that became the Mission San Fernando Rey de España in the San Fernando Valley. [2] [3]
Sunland-Tujunga / t ə ˈ h ʌ ŋ ɡ ə / is a Los Angeles city neighborhood within the Crescenta Valley and Verdugo Mountains. [1] Sunland and Tujunga began as separate settlements and today are linked through a single police station, branch library, neighborhood council, chamber of commerce, city council district, and high school. [2]
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Big Tujunga Dam is a 244-foot-high (74 m) concrete arch dam in Los Angeles County, California, spanning Big Tujunga Canyon northeast of Sunland, in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains. Completed in 1931, it provides flood control and groundwater recharge for the San Fernando Valley .
The Tongva (Gabrieleño - Fernandeño) Native American tribe of Southern California, with lands in the present day Greater Los Angeles region and southern Channel Islands. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
It remains a ceremonial site for the Acjachemen, Tongva, and Chumash for intertribal gatherings. Puvunga also serves the endpoint of an annual pilgrimage that begins at the village site of Panhe, now located in San Onofre. [1] The Tongva and Acjachemen remember the village as home to Wiyot, one of the First Beings who was their sacred leader. [5]
Monument to Guashna at Ballona Discovery Park in the Playa Vista neighborhood.. Guashna was a Tongva village located at Playa Vista, Los Angeles at the mouth of Ballona Creek. [1] [2] [3] The site has also been referred to as Sa'angna (or some variation thereof), with various sources debating whether Sa'angna, meaning "place of tar," was a regional referent rather than a village name or ...
Sunland Hospital refers to a chain of state schools located throughout the state of Florida. Originally named the W. T. Edwards Tuberculosis Hospitals , the facilities were later remodelled into "Sunland Centers" with services for the mentally and physically disabled, specializing mostly in children.