Geveronga

{{Short description|Former Tongva village in Pico-Union, Los Angeles}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox ancient site | name = Geveronga | native_name = | native_name_lang = | alternate_name =  | image = File:Pico-Union, Los Angeles, CA, USA - panoramio.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Geveronga was located in the area of what is now the neighborhood of Pico-Union, Los Angeles (pictured). | map = File:Geveronga location.png | map_type = | map_alt = | map_caption = 1877 map of the City of Los Angeles showing the area of Geveronga village in red | map_size = | mapframe =  | altitude_m =  | altitude_ref = | relief = | coordinates = {{coord|34.036|-118.286|type:landmark_region:US-CA_dim:3000|display=inline,title}} | gbgridref = | map_dot_label = | marksize = | location = | region = | type = | part_of = | length = | width = | area = | volume = | diameter = | circumference = | height = | builder = | material = | built = | abandoned = after destruction by the Spanish in 1781 | epochs =  | cultures = Tongva | dependency_of = | occupants = Geverovit | event = | discovered = | excavations = | archaeologists = | condition = destroyed, then built over | ownership = | management = | public_access = | other_designation = | website =  | architectural_styles = | architectural_details = | notes = }} '''Geveronga''' was a Tongva village located at what is now Pico-Union, Los Angeles, California along the Los Angeles River.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2021 |title=History Department Acknowledgement of the Tongva and Greater Indigenous Lands occupied by the University of Southern California |url=https://dornsife.usc.edu/hist/home/department-of-history-land-acknowledgement/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240302233504/https://dornsife.usc.edu/hist/home/department-of-history-land-acknowledgement/ |archive-date=March 2, 2024 |website=USC History Department}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Land Acknowledgement |url=https://libraries.usc.edu/land-acknowledgement |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=USC Libraries |language=en}}</ref> Part of the village area is also located on the campuses of the University of Southern California (USC) at its University Park Campus.<ref name=":0" /> The USC History Department provided a map of the general location of Geveronga in its land acknowledgement in 2021.<ref name=":0" /> People from the village were known as '''Geverovit''' (''English'': "People of Geveronga").<ref name=":0" />

== Village == The village rested above the Los Angeles River floodplain along with the large village of Yaanga on what is known as Glendale Narrows.<ref name=":0" /> It was described in historical accounts as being located near Yaanga and immediately adjoining the early Pueblo de Los Angeles settlement that would eventually grow into the city of Los Angeles.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019 |title=Archaeological and Tribal Cultural Resources Assessment for The Villages at The Alhambra Project, Alhambra, Los Angeles County, California |url=https://files.ceqanet.opr.ca.gov/181397-2/attachment/PHq8VJQcjgiP4hb-jWtA7EM0yto7uf-KQNlRroYQ0yCl4eZ7VOwJVHQKlK0ZCg2TJP7-InVS94N7MRO70 |pages=12–13}}</ref> Geveronga was a smaller and less influential village than Yaanga, which held the primary influence in this region of Tovaangar.<ref name=":0" />

== Destruction == The village was dismantled in 1781, along with the original site of Yaanga, as part of the Anza Expedition by the Spanish Empire. Settlers came into the area and destroyed the village that year under a land claim to the area from King Carlos III in Spain for four Castilian leagues of land. The grant included a monopoly claim to the water rights of the Los Angeles River. It began much of the issues with Europeans taking water rights from Indigenous peoples of California.<ref name=":0" /> At least 23 to 28 villagers from Geveronga were recorded to be baptized in the records of Mission San Gabriel.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010 |title=Cultural and Paleontological Resources |url=https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/nlf_entradasouth_deir_app5-5.pdf |pages=104–05}}</ref>

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Category:Tongva populated places Category:Former Native American populated places in California Category:History of Los Angeles Category:University of Southern California