Editing Seal Beach, California (section)

=== Indigenous ===
The [[Tongva]] village of [[Motuucheyngna]] was located in what is now Seal Beach in the area of the [[Los Cerritos Wetlands]]. It was part of the greater area of [[Puvungna]], which was a major ceremonial and regional trading center for the Tongva and [[Acjachemen]]. Villagers used ''[[te'aat]]s'' to travel out to villages on Pimu ([[Santa Catalina Island (California)|Santa Catalina Island]]) and other islands off the coast, now referred to as the [[Channel Islands (California)|Channel Islands]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lewinnek |first=Elaine |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1226813397 |title=A people's guide to Orange County |date=2022 |others=Gustavo Arellano, Thuy Vo Dang |isbn=978-0-520-97155-4 |location=Oakland, California |pages=190 |oclc=1226813397}}</ref><ref name=":10">{{Cite journal |date=May 2020 |title=Tribal Cultural Landscape |url=https://intoloscerritoswetlands.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Section-3.15-Tribal-Cultural-Resources.pdf |journal=Tribal Cultural Resources |pages=7}}</ref> In 2003, a burial site of the village was disturbed in a {{convert|196|acre|ha|abbr=on|adj=on}} Seal Beach residential development, Hellman Ranch, that was met with opposition from the Tongva.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reyes |first=David |date=January 19, 2003 |title=Developer, Native Americans Are at Odds Over Burial Site |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-jan-19-me-hellman19-story.html |access-date=December 28, 2022 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>