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Tataviam

December 15, 2023

For the language, see Tataviam language.

The Tataviam (Kitanemuk: people on the south slope) are a Native American group in Southern California. The ancestral land of the Tataviam people includes northwest present-day Los Angeles County and southern Ventura County, primarily in the upper basin of the Santa Clara River, the Santa Susana Mountains, and the Sierra Pelona Mountains. They are distinct from the Kitanemuk and the Gabrielino-Tongva peoples.[1]

Tataviam
The general area where the Tataviam language was spoken prior to European colonization (shown in red)
Regions with significant populations
United States ( California)
Languages
English, Spanish
formerly Tataviam
Religion
Traditional tribal religion, Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Tongva, Chumash, Serrano, Kitanemuk, Luiseño, Vanyume

Their tribal government is based in San Fernando, California, and includes the Executive Branch, the Legislative Branch, the Tribal Senate, and the Council of Elders.[2] The current Tribal President of the Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians is Rudy Ortega Jr., who is a descendant of the village of Tochonanga.[3][4]

The Tataviam are a not federally recognized, which has prevented the tribe from being seen as sovereign and erased the identity of tribal members.[5][6] The tribe has established an Acknowledge Rent campaign to acknowledge "the financial hardships placed on non-federally recognized tribes."[7][6]

History edit

Ancestral land edit

The Santa Clarita Valley is believed to be the center of Tataviam territory, north of the Los Angeles metropolitan area. In 1776, they were noted as a distinct linguistic and cultural group, by Padre Francisco Garcés, and have been distinguished from the Kitanemuk and the Fernandeño.[8]

Lifestyle edit

The Tataviam people had summer and winter settlements. They harvested Yucca whipplei and wa'at or juniper berries.[9]

Traditional language edit

Colonial scholars found themselves confused in their attempts to discern the language spoken by the Tataviam. Eventually it became clear that errors had been made in compiling their word lists: the vocabularies recorded by colonial scholar C. Hart Merriam were not in fact Tatavian, but rather were from a Chumash dialect, while the vocabularies recorded by Alfred Kroeber and John P. Harrington were of the Uto-Aztecan language, meaning it is probably more likely that their recordings are the language spoken by the Tataviam people before they experienced genocide and language loss. Further research has shown that the Uto-Aztecan language belonged to the Takic branch of that language family, specifically the Serran branch along with Kitanemuk and Serrano.[10] The last known Tataviam speaker died before 1916.[9]

Neighboring tribes edit

According to settler accounts, the Tataviam were called the Alliklik by their neighbors, the Chumash (Chumash: meaning grunter or stammerer), probably because of the way their language sounds to Chumash ears.[11]

Spanish colonization edit

The Spanish first encountered the Tataviam during their 1769-1770 expeditions. According to Chester King and Thomas C. Blackburn (1978:536), "By 1810, virtually all the Tataviam had been baptized at Mission San Fernando Rey de España." Like many other indigenous groups, they suffered high rates of fatalities from infectious diseases brought by the Spanish.

Tataviam land ceded to the United States edit

Following the Mexican Cession 1848, the ancestral land of the Tataviam people changed from Mexican rule to being part of the United States.

The United States Indian Affairs decided to group the Tataviam with other Indian Villages in the same region, which is now Fort Tejon Indian Reservation.[12]

The California Genocide edit

During the California Genocide from 1846 to 1873, California’s Native American population plunged from perhaps 150,000 to 30,000.[13] Many contemporary Tataviam people trace their lineage back to the original Tataviam people through genealogical records,[8] demonstrating the resilience of the Tataviam people in the face of genocide.

Alfred L. Kroeber (1925:883) estimated the combined population of the Serrano, Kitanemuk, and Tataviam to be 3,500 people in 1770. By 1910, their population was recorded at 150.

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ "Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians". Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians.
  2. ^ [1], Fernandeño Tataviam Tribal Government Website
  3. ^ [2], Fernandeño Tataviam Tribal Government, Executive Branch
  4. ^ "City of Santa Clarita Public Library". Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians. 2019.
  5. ^ Montenegro, Maria (2022). "Re-placing Evidence: Locating Archival Displacements in the US Federal Acknowledgment Process". Disputed Archival Heritage. doi:10.4324/9781003057765-6.
  6. ^ a b "Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians explains why Native sovereignty is multifaceted". ABC7 Los Angeles. 2022-11-26. Retrieved 2022-12-25.
  7. ^ "AcknowledgeRent can help reverse the effects of Land Dispossession on the Tribe". AcknowledgeRent.
  8. ^ a b Johnson, John R., and David D. Earle. 1990. "Tataviam Geography and Ethnohistory", Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology 12:191-214, accessed 11 October 2011
  9. ^ a b "Antelope Valley Indian Peoples: Tataviam." Antelope Valley Indian Museum.' Retrieved 18 Aug 2015.
  10. ^ Pamela Munro with John Johnson. 2001. "What Do We Know about Tataviam? Comparisons with Kitanemuk, Gabrielino, Kawaiisu, and Tübatulabal," paper presented to the Friends of Uto-Aztecan Conference, Santa Barbara, California, July 9, 2001.
  11. ^ Johnson, John. "Discussion of the History of the Tataviam & Neighboring Native Americans of Southern California"[permanent dead link], Santa Clarita Website, Retrieved 1 Mar 2010
  12. ^ . Archived from the original on 2015-04-13. Retrieved 2015-04-06.
  13. ^ Madley, Benjamin (May 1, 2016). An American Genocide: The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe, 1846-1873. Yale University Press.

Further reading edit

  • Johnson, John R., and David D. Earle. 1990. "Tataviam Geography and Ethnohistory", Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology 12:191-214.
  • Champagne, Duane and Goldberg, Carole. 2021. A Coalition of Lineages: The Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians. University of Arizona Press, Tucson, Arizona.
  • King, Chester, and Thomas C. Blackburn. 1978. "Tataviam," In California, edited by Robert F. Heizer, pp. 535–537. Handbook of North American Indians, William C. Sturtevant, general editor, vol. 8. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
  • Kroeber, A. L. 1925. Handbook of the Indians of California. Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin No. 78. Washington, D.C.

External links edit

  • Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians (official)
  • "Tataviam", Antelope Valley Indian Museum, California Parks
  • Paul Higgins, "The Tataviam: Early Newhall Residents", Old Town Newhall Gazette, January–February 1996

December 15, 2023
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For the language see Tataviam language The Tataviam Kitanemuk people on the south slope are a Native American group in Southern California The ancestral land of the Tataviam people includes northwest present day Los Angeles County and southern Ventura County primarily in the upper basin of the Santa Clara River the Santa Susana Mountains and the Sierra Pelona Mountains They are distinct from the Kitanemuk and the Gabrielino Tongva peoples 1 TataviamThe general area where the Tataviam language was spoken prior to European colonization shown in red Regions with significant populationsUnited States California LanguagesEnglish Spanish formerly TataviamReligionTraditional tribal religion ChristianityRelated ethnic groupsTongva Chumash Serrano Kitanemuk Luiseno VanyumeTheir tribal government is based in San Fernando California and includes the Executive Branch the Legislative Branch the Tribal Senate and the Council of Elders 2 The current Tribal President of the Fernandeno Tataviam Band of Mission Indians is Rudy Ortega Jr who is a descendant of the village of Tochonanga 3 4 The Tataviam are a not federally recognized which has prevented the tribe from being seen as sovereign and erased the identity of tribal members 5 6 The tribe has established an Acknowledge Rent campaign to acknowledge the financial hardships placed on non federally recognized tribes 7 6 Contents 1 History 1 1 Ancestral land 1 2 Lifestyle 1 3 Traditional language 1 4 Neighboring tribes 1 5 Spanish colonization 1 6 Tataviam land ceded to the United States 1 7 The California Genocide 2 See also 3 Notes 4 Further reading 5 External linksHistory editAncestral land edit The Santa Clarita Valley is believed to be the center of Tataviam territory north of the Los Angeles metropolitan area In 1776 they were noted as a distinct linguistic and cultural group by Padre Francisco Garces and have been distinguished from the Kitanemuk and the Fernandeno 8 Lifestyle edit The Tataviam people had summer and winter settlements They harvested Yucca whipplei and wa at or juniper berries 9 Traditional language edit Colonial scholars found themselves confused in their attempts to discern the language spoken by the Tataviam Eventually it became clear that errors had been made in compiling their word lists the vocabularies recorded by colonial scholar C Hart Merriam were not in fact Tatavian but rather were from a Chumash dialect while the vocabularies recorded by Alfred Kroeber and John P Harrington were of the Uto Aztecan language meaning it is probably more likely that their recordings are the language spoken by the Tataviam people before they experienced genocide and language loss Further research has shown that the Uto Aztecan language belonged to the Takic branch of that language family specifically the Serran branch along with Kitanemuk and Serrano 10 The last known Tataviam speaker died before 1916 9 Neighboring tribes edit According to settler accounts the Tataviam were called the Alliklik by their neighbors the Chumash Chumash meaning grunter or stammerer probably because of the way their language sounds to Chumash ears 11 Spanish colonization edit The Spanish first encountered the Tataviam during their 1769 1770 expeditions According to Chester King and Thomas C Blackburn 1978 536 By 1810 virtually all the Tataviam had been baptized at Mission San Fernando Rey de Espana Like many other indigenous groups they suffered high rates of fatalities from infectious diseases brought by the Spanish Tataviam land ceded to the United States edit Following the Mexican Cession 1848 the ancestral land of the Tataviam people changed from Mexican rule to being part of the United States The United States Indian Affairs decided to group the Tataviam with other Indian Villages in the same region which is now Fort Tejon Indian Reservation 12 The California Genocide edit During the California Genocide from 1846 to 1873 California s Native American population plunged from perhaps 150 000 to 30 000 13 Many contemporary Tataviam people trace their lineage back to the original Tataviam people through genealogical records 8 demonstrating the resilience of the Tataviam people in the face of genocide Alfred L Kroeber 1925 883 estimated the combined population of the Serrano Kitanemuk and Tataviam to be 3 500 people in 1770 By 1910 their population was recorded at 150 See also editChaguayanga Tataviam languageNotes edit Fernandeno Tataviam Band of Mission Indians Fernandeno Tataviam Band of Mission Indians 1 Fernandeno Tataviam Tribal Government Website 2 Fernandeno Tataviam Tribal Government Executive Branch City of Santa Clarita Public Library Fernandeno Tataviam Band of Mission Indians 2019 Montenegro Maria 2022 Re placing Evidence Locating Archival Displacements in the US Federal Acknowledgment Process Disputed Archival Heritage doi 10 4324 9781003057765 6 a b Fernandeno Tataviam Band of Mission Indians explains why Native sovereignty is multifaceted ABC7 Los Angeles 2022 11 26 Retrieved 2022 12 25 AcknowledgeRent can help reverse the effects of Land Dispossession on the Tribe AcknowledgeRent a b Johnson John R and David D Earle 1990 Tataviam Geography and Ethnohistory Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology 12 191 214 accessed 11 October 2011 a b Antelope Valley Indian Peoples Tataviam Antelope Valley Indian Museum Retrieved 18 Aug 2015 Pamela Munro with John Johnson 2001 What Do We Know about Tataviam Comparisons with Kitanemuk Gabrielino Kawaiisu and Tubatulabal paper presented to the Friends of Uto Aztecan Conference Santa Barbara California July 9 2001 Johnson John Discussion of the History of the Tataviam amp Neighboring Native Americans of Southern California permanent dead link Santa Clarita Website Retrieved 1 Mar 2010 Heritage Fernandeno Tataviam Band of Mission Indians Sovereign Indian Nation Archived from the original on 2015 04 13 Retrieved 2015 04 06 Madley Benjamin May 1 2016 An American Genocide The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe 1846 1873 Yale University Press Further reading editJohnson John R and David D Earle 1990 Tataviam Geography and Ethnohistory Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology 12 191 214 Champagne Duane and Goldberg Carole 2021 A Coalition of Lineages The Fernandeno Tataviam Band of Mission Indians University of Arizona Press Tucson Arizona King Chester and Thomas C Blackburn 1978 Tataviam In California edited by Robert F Heizer pp 535 537 Handbook of North American Indians William C Sturtevant general editor vol 8 Smithsonian Institution Washington D C Kroeber A L 1925 Handbook of the Indians of California Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin No 78 Washington D C External links editFernandeno Tataviam Band of Mission Indians official Tataviam Antelope Valley Indian Museum California Parks Paul Higgins The Tataviam Early Newhall Residents Old Town Newhall Gazette January February 1996 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tataviam amp oldid 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