Shevaanga or Sibagna 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 ...
-Gabrieleño
Native American settlement in
Los Angeles County,
California
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.
It was closely situated to the village of
Toviscanga.
It was the original site of
San Gabriel Mission established in 1771, before it was destroyed in a flood and then rebuilt at the nearby village of
Toviscanga in 1776.
It lay at an elevation of 430 feet (131 m).
It was located near
Mission San Gabriel Arcángel and the
Whittier Narrows
The Whittier Narrows is a narrows or water gap in the San Gabriel Valley of Los Angeles County, California, United States, between the Puente Hills to the east and the Montebello Hills to the west. The gap is located at the southern boundary of t ...
, in the
San Gabriel Valley.
See also
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Tongva populated places
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Tongva language
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Spanish missions in California
The Spanish missions in California ( es, Misiones españolas en California) comprise a
series of 21 religious outposts or missions established between 1769 and 1833 in what is now the U.S. state of California. Founded by Catholic priests ...
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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 ...
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Ranchos in California
The Spanish and Mexican governments made many concessions and land grants in Alta California (now known as California) and Baja California from 1775 to 1846. The Spanish Concessions of land were made to retired soldiers as an inducement for t ...
References
San Gabriel Valley
Former settlements in Los Angeles County, California
Former Native American populated places in California
Former populated places in California
Tongva
Tongva populated places
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