Okowvinjha

{{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} '''Okowvinjha''' is a former Tongva (Fernandeño) Native American settlement in Los Angeles County, California.<ref name=gnis>{{gnis|1732544}}</ref> It was located near the Mission San Fernando Rey de España in the San Fernando Valley.<ref name="gnis" />

One source by Frederick Webb Hodge suggested that it may have been "identical" with Cahuenga.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hodge |first=Frederick Webb |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iPAYAAAAYAAJ |title=Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico: N-Z |date=1910 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |isbn=978-0-7222-0828-1 |pages=116–17 |language=en}}</ref> However, Hubert Howe Bancroft identified Okowvinjha, Kowanga (Cahuenga), and Saway-yanga each as different clans in the San Fernando area. He further identified the mission itself as the site of another clan referred to as Pasheeknga, that was likely assimilated quickly after the mission's founding in 1797.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bancroft |first=Hubert Howe |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=emgLAQAAIAAJ |title=The Native Races |date=1882 |publisher=A.L. Bancroft, Publishers |pages=459–460 |language=en}}</ref>

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Category:Tongva Category:History of the San Fernando Valley Category:Former settlements in Los Angeles County, California Category:Former Native American populated places in California Category:Former populated places in California Category:Tongva populated places