Why Chin Tattoos? Whose cultures adorn them and why would anyone claiming to be Native to Southern CA brand themselves with them? Handbook of the Indians of California by Kroeber, A. L. (Alfred Louis), 1876-1960 The reader is hereby challenged to find anything in the historical record indicating that any LA Basin Native peoples ever […]
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Are “Tongva” a real Native tribe? The conversation with Google’s Language Learning Model (LLM) begins… “(ChatGPT), are “Tongva” a real tribe?” Yes, the Tongva are a real Native American tribe. Historical Background The Tongva people are the Indigenous inhabitants of the Los Angeles Basin and the Southern Channel Islands (such as Santa Catalina Island) in […]