Editing Tongva (section)

== Toponymy ==
{{Main|Category:Tongva populated places}}
[[File:Indian place names Los Angeles Herald.jpg|thumb|“Indian names: the aboriginal nomenclature of Southern California,” published in the ''Los Angeles Herald'', 1893]]
From the Spanish colonial period, Tongva place names have been absorbed into general use in Southern California. Examples include [[Pacoima, Los Angeles|Pacoima]], [[Sunland-Tujunga, Los Angeles|Tujunga]], [[Topanga, California|Topanga]], [[Rancho Cucamonga, California|Rancho Cucamonga]], [[Azusa, California|Azusa]] ([[Azucsagna, California|Azucsagna]]), and [[Cahuenga Pass]].

Sacred sites that have not been totally demolished, destroyed, or built over include [[Puvunga]], [[Kuruvungna Springs]], and [[Eagle Rock, Los Angeles|Eagle Rock]].

In other cases, toponyms or places have been recently named to honor the Indigenous peoples. The [[Gabrielino Trail]] is a {{Convert|28|mi|adj=on}} path through the [[Angeles National Forest]], created and named in 1970.<ref>{{cite web|quote=several existing trails were renamed to make a 'new' 28.5 mile trail in 1970|url=http://www.adamspackstation.com/facilities.html#gabrielino|title=adamspackstation.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070108212148/http://www.adamspackstation.com/facilities.html|archive-date=2007-01-08 }}</ref>

A {{Convert|2,656|ft|adj=on}} summit in the [[Verdugo Mountains]], in [[Glendale, California|Glendale]], was named Tongva Peak in 2002, following a proposal by Richard Toyon.<ref>{{cite news|first=Carol|last=Chambers|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-aug-13-me-33740-story.html|title=One Man's Crusade to Take a Peak Into History|archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20111207161248/http://articles.latimes.com/2001/aug/13/local/me-33740 |archive-date=2011-12-07|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|url-status=live|date=13 August 2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|quote=In September of 2002, Mr. Toyon was successful in lobbying congress in Washington, D.C., and in Sacramento, to persuade the U.S. Geological Survey to officially name a prominent peak in the Verdugo Mountains, Tongva Peak, in honor of the first people of the Los Angeles basin. Later that year, the peak was dedicated and the plaque that names the mountain sits imbedded in a boulder on the summit of Tongva Peak in perpetuity. |url=http://www.tera90041.org/archives/elett1-6-06.htm|title=TERA (The Eagle Rock Association)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426025446/http://www.tera90041.org/archives/elett1-6-06.htm |archive-date=2012-04-26|date=January 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tera90041.org/archives/elett1-14-06.htm |title=TERA e.letter 01-14-2006 |access-date=2011-12-06 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426025456/http://www.tera90041.org/archives/elett1-14-06.htm |archive-date=2012-04-26 }}</ref>

[[Tongva Park]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smciviccenterparks.com/site/|title=smciviccenterparks.com|website=www.smciviccenterparks.com|access-date=5 June 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100714020027/http://www.smciviccenterparks.com/site/|archive-date=14 July 2010}}</ref> is a {{Convert|6.2|acre|adj=on}} park in [[Santa Monica, California]]. The park is located just south of Colorado Avenue, between Ocean Avenue and Main Street. The park includes an amphitheater, playground, garden, fountains, picnic areas, and restrooms. The park was dedicated on October 13, 2013.