Juyubit (also, Jujubit) was one of the largest villages of the

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. The village was located at the foot of the West Coyote Hills at the confluence of the Coyote and La Cañada Verde creeks, in present-day

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and Cerritos. It was one of the largest villages in Tovaangar. Alternate names of the village include: Jujubit, Jutucubit, Jutucuvit, Jutubit, Jutucunga, Utucubit, Otocubit, Uchubit, Ychubit, and Uchunga.

Colonization

Records from the

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and San Gabriel missions record 347 baptisms from Juyubit between 1774 and 1804. However, because of incorrect and/or inaccurate village naming records, more Juyubit villagers may have been baptized at these missions. Villagers from involved in the 1785 revolt on Mission San Gabriel led by

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, a medicine woman from the village of Jaichivit. One woman from Juyubit, Eulalia María, was baptized at the age of six and became a godmother as an adult. She died in 1818. By 1840, much of Juyubit's population was absorbed into Missions

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and San Gabriel.

Legacy

Versions of Juyubit are mentioned in the narrative legend of the late 18th—early 19th century

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