Descending on her mother's side from Tongva and Kumeyaay Native Americans of Southern California, she grew up performing in an Native American dance troupe led by her mother, Virginia Carmelo.
The Tongva language (also known as Gabrielino or Gabrieleño) is a Uto-Aztecan language formerly spoken by the Tongva, a Native American people who live in and around Los Angeles, California.
In 2008 he received the prestigious “Heritage Award” from the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, California.
People's Republic of China | English people | French people | Filipino people | British people | Irish people | Scottish people | Romani people | Mexican people | Japanese people | German people | Brazilian people | Italian people | Portuguese people | Dutch people | Turkish people | Welsh people | Pashtun people | Palestinian people | Spanish people | Tamil people | Persian people | Māori people | Chinese people | Bengali people | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People | Igbo people | Yoruba people | People's Liberation Army | Zulu people |
Juyubit (also, Jujubit) is a former Serrano, and perhaps Tongva, rancheria settlement in Los Angeles County, California.
Located on Sepulveda Boulevard in Mission Hills, the original part of the Romulo Pico Adobe was built in 1834 by Tongva-Fernandeño, Tataviam-Fernandeño, and Chumash-Ventuaño Native Americans (Indians) from the San Fernando Mission.