# Geveronga > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Geveronga > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Geveronga.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geveronga > Source revision: 1268529011 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{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](/source/Pico-Union%2C_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](/source/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](/source/Tongva) village located at what is now [Pico-Union, Los Angeles, California](/source/Pico-Union%2C_Los_Angeles) along the [Los Angeles River](/source/Los_Angeles_River).{{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}}{{Cite web |title=Land Acknowledgement |url=https://libraries.usc.edu/land-acknowledgement |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=USC Libraries |language=en}} Part of the village area is also located on the campuses of the [University of Southern California](/source/University_of_Southern_California) (USC) at its [University Park Campus](/source/University_Park%2C_Los_Angeles). The USC History Department provided a map of the general location of Geveronga in its [land acknowledgement](/source/land_acknowledgement) in 2021. People from the village were known as '''Geverovit''' (''[English](/source/English_language)'': "People of Geveronga"). == Village == The village rested above the Los Angeles River floodplain along with the large village of [Yaanga](/source/Yaanga) on what is known as [Glendale Narrows](/source/Glendale_Narrows). It was described in historical accounts as being located near Yaanga and immediately adjoining the early [Pueblo de Los Angeles](/source/Pueblo_de_Los_%C3%81ngeles) settlement that would eventually grow into the city of [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles).{{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}} Geveronga was a smaller and less influential village than [Yaanga](/source/Yaanga), which held the primary influence in this region of [Tovaangar](/source/Tovaangar). == Destruction == The village was dismantled in 1781, along with the original site of [Yaanga](/source/Yaanga), as part of the [Anza Expedition](/source/Anza_Expedition) by the [Spanish Empire](/source/Spanish_Empire). Settlers came into the area and destroyed the village that year under a land claim to the area from [King Carlos III](/source/King_Carlos_III) in Spain for four [Castilian leagues](/source/Castilian_Spanish) of land. The grant included a monopoly claim to the water rights of the [Los Angeles River](/source/Los_Angeles_River). It began much of the issues with Europeans taking water rights from [Indigenous peoples of California](/source/Indigenous_peoples_of_California). At least 23 to 28 villagers from Geveronga were recorded to be baptized in the records of [Mission San Gabriel](/source/Mission_San_Gabriel_Arc%C3%A1ngel).{{Cite web |date=2010 |title=Cultural and Paleontological Resources |url=https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/nlf_entradasouth_deir_app5-5.pdf |pages=104–05}} == References == {{Tongva villages}} Category:Tongva populated places Category:Former Native American populated places in California Category:History of Los Angeles Category:University of Southern California --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Geveronga](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geveronga) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geveronga?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.