Horuuvngna

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Horuuvngna was a Tongva village located in Jurupa, California, within what would become the boundaries of Rancho Jurupa, which includes both Riverside and San Bernardino Counties. [1]

Background

The village was placed on maps of the area as being north of the village of Wapijanga in the eastern outreaches of Tovaangar, or the homelands of the Tongva, meaning that it was located in San Bernardino County. [2] [3] The name of the village likely reflects the origins of the name Jurupa, which has been described as the Tongva language word for the California Sagebrush: hurúuvar. [4]

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References

  1. "Gabrielino/Tongva Nation of the Greater Los Angeles Basin – NAHC Digital Atlas". nahc.ca.gov. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
  2. Hernández, Kelly Lytle (2017-02-15). City of Inmates: Conquest, Rebellion, and the Rise of Human Caging in Los Angeles, 1771–1965. UNC Press Books. p. 18. ISBN   978-1-4696-3119-6.
  3. Keeley, Jon E. (2002). "Native American Impacts on Fire Regimes of the California Coastal Ranges". Journal of Biogeography. 29 (3): 308. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2699.2002.00676.x. ISSN   0305-0270. JSTOR   827540. S2CID   84779609.
  4. "CULTURAL, TRIBAL, HISTORIC, PALEONTOLOGICAL RECORDS CHECK AND SURVEY OF THE SHOPS AT JURUPA VALLEY, RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA". Jurupa Valley: 13.