Chokishgna (also, Chokisgna) is a former

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-Gabrieleño Native American settlement in Los Angeles County,

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. In the late 17th century, the village declined with the growth of

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, located at the site of the nearby village of Toviscanga in 1776. It was located at the later site of a established in 1832 by Lemuel Carpenter,Verne Dyson: "The Old Ranchos That are Buried in Los Angeles" in ''The Los Angeles Times'' Sunday Magazine, issue of December 18, 1927, pp. 12-13, 23 (23), https://www.newspapers.com/image/?spot=25458857, last accessed 2 February 2019. current

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Tongva populated places Bell Gardens, California Former settlements in Los Angeles County, California Former Native American populated places in California {{LosAngelesCountyCA-geo-stub

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