Editing Northridge, Los Angeles (section)

===Tongva===
The Northridge area was first inhabited over 2,000 years ago by the [[Tongva]].<ref>{{Cite web |last1=University |first1=Asian Studies on the Pacific Coast 2016 Conference © California State |last2=Street |first2=Northridge 18111 Nordhoff |last3=Northridge |last4=Us |first4=CA 91330 Phone:677-1200 / Contact |date=2015-09-12 |title=About Northridge |url=https://www.csun.edu/asian-studies-pacific-coast-2016/about-northridge |access-date=2023-04-23 |website=California State University, Northridge |language=en}}</ref> The village of Totonga was located in the Northridge area.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tongvapeople.com/villages.html |title=Villages of the Gabrielino-Tongva |publisher=Tongvapeople.com | author=Sam |access-date=January 13, 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170718040308/http://www.tongvapeople.com/villages.html | archive-date= July 18, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The Tongva lived in dome-shaped houses and are sometimes referred to as the "people of the earth".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tongva.com |publisher=Gabrieleno/Tongva Tribal Council of San Gabriel |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010923234724/http://tongva.com/ |archive-date=2001-09-23 |url-status=dead |title=Gabrieleno/Tongva Nation }}</ref> They spoke a [[Takic]] [[Uto-Aztecan]] (Shoshonean) language. Many of their [[pictographs]] were destroyed by the development of [[Greater Los Angeles]].<ref name="Pictographs of the Tongva">{{cite web | url=http://sinay.com/sls/rockart/rock/rock-9.htm#pgfId-1340345 | title=Pictographs of the Tongva or Gabrielino | publisher=Hanon Sinay / [[Rancho Los Alamitos]] Foundation, Long Beach, CA | work=Puvungna Educational Materials Regarding the Native Southern Californians In and Around the Long Beach Area |date=1993| access-date=April 7, 2019 | author=Roe, Diane |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100526135349/http://www.sinay.com/rockart/rock/rock-9.htm|archive-date=May 26, 2010}}</ref>