Quapa is a former
Tongva
The Tongva ( ) are an Indigenous people of California from the Los Angeles Basin and the Southern Channel Islands, an area covering approximately . Some descendants of the people prefer Kizh as an endonym that, they argue, is more historically ...
village located in
Encino or the
San Fernando Valley in
Los Angeles County, California. It was one of several villages located within the San Fernando Valley area, including
Kowanga, Mapipinga,
Okowvinja, Pascegna,
Saway-yanga, Tacuenga, and
Tuyunga.
The general location of the village was recorded by Padre Santa Maria in 1796.
Villagers from Quapa as well as surrounding villages were baptized at
Mission San Fernando, which was established in 1797, and exploited for their labor at the mission, where they worked the grounds and upkeep of the mission.
In 1833, after the mission was secularized, it was recorded that 2,784 native people were baptized, 1,367 of whom were children, from 1797-1833. At the end of this period, around 400 native people survived to the end of the mission period. Many of the native people moved to surrounding communities in the area.
See also
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Toviscanga
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Yaanga
Yaanga was a large Tongva (or Kizh) village originally located near what is now downtown Los Angeles, just west of the Los Angeles River and beneath U.S. Route 101. People from the village were recorded as ''Yabit'' in missionary records althou ...
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: Tongva populated places
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Tongva language
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California mission clash of cultures
The California mission clash of cultures occurred at the Spanish Missions in California during the Spanish Las Californias- New Spain and Mexican Alta California eras of control, with lasting consequences after American statehood. The Missions w ...
References
Former settlements in Los Angeles County, California
Former Native American populated places in California
Former populated places in California
Tongva populated places
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