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    The Acjachemen (/ɑːˈxɑːtʃəməm/) are an Indigenous people of California. Published maps often identify their ancestral lands as extending from the beach...
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    language to young people. Juaneño, the Luiseño dialect spoken by the Acjachemen, went extinct at an earlier date. Luiseño is an agglutinative language...
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  • Putuidem (category Acjachemen)
    Putuidem (Acjachemen: "belly" or "the navel"), alternative spelling Putiidhem or Putuidhem, was a large native village of the Acjachemen people, also known...
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    and Acjachemen. The village of Puhú was located in what is now Black Star Canyon and was shared by multiple groups, including the Tongva, Acjachemen, Serrano...
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    dwellings, with a great deal of variation in size, shape, and materials. The Acjachemen, an indigenous people of California, built cone-shaped huts made of willow...
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    acknowledged the university's location on the lands of the Tongva and Acjachemen and pledged for the university to be more committed toward partnering...
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    the indigenous term Acjachemen. Their language was related to the Luiseño language spoken by the nearby Luiseño tribe. The Acjachemen territory extended...
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    (Luiseño), Kuupangaxwichem (Cupeño), ʔívil̃uqaletem (Cahuilla), and the Acjachemen (Juaneño) Indians and their local predecessors. In 1542, the explorer...
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    industry. San Clemente's city slogan is "Spanish Village by the Sea". The Acjachemen are the Indigenous people of San Clemente. Panhe was located about three...
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    destination and a backdrop for Hollywood films. The region was populated by the Acjachemen, referred to by the Spanish as Juaneños, an Indigenous Californian nation...
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    and Acjachemen nations long inhabited the area. The Tongva villages of Lupukngna, at least 3,000 years old, and the shared Tongva and Acjachemen village...
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    Onofre is an Acjachemen village that is over 8,000 years old and a current sacred, ceremonial, cultural, and burial site for the Acjachemen people. Many...
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    remains a sacred, ceremonial, cultural, and burial site for the Acjachemen people. Many Acjachemen people trace their lineage back to Panhe. It is the site of...
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  • totemism Caddo religion Californian traditional religions Achomawi religion Acjachemen religion Cahuilla religion Hupa traditional narratives Kuksu Cahto religion...
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    Tongva nation, the Indigenous people of the Los Angeles Basin, and the Acjachemen, the Indigenous people of Orange County. The site is now located within...
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    the Newland House Museum. The nearby village of Genga, shared with the Acjachemen, was located across the Santa Ana River in what became Newport Beach and...
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  • gathering" or "in the ball"), which is a sacred site for the Tongva and Acjachemen. In 1974, the now twenty-two acre site was added to the National Register...
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     California Languages Nicoleño language Religion Catholicism, traditional religion Related ethnic groups Chumash, Tongva, Cupeño, Cahuilla, Luiseño, Acjachemen...
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    longest city name in California. The area is the ancestral lands of the Acjachemen people. The village of Alume was located in Rancho Santa Margarita, between...
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    north. It is similarly named to another nearby city, Mission Viejo. The Acjachemen are the Indigenous people of Aliso Viejo, who lived in the area for thousands...
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    re-discovered Los Pobladores. Mission San Juan Capistrano was founded at the Acjachemen village of Acjacheme. Mission San Fernando was founded at Achooykomenga...
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    José de Grácia Cruz (category Acjachemen)
    José de Grácia Cruz (c. 1848 – 1924) was a Acjachemen man who was born in 1848 at Mission San Juan Capistrano. He was known for his work as a bell ringer...
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    urbanized or high-development areas, such as the Tongva (Los Angeles), Acjachemen (Orange County), and Ohlone (San Francisco Bay Area) struggle to protect...
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    World." The boats are still constructed by Chumash, Tongva/Kizh, and Acjachemen people today. Tomols were preferably built out of redwood that had drifted...
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    forms a fresh-water lagoon. The original inhabitants of Doheny were the Acjachemen (Juaneno) tribe who occupied the land that is now considered Orange County...
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    Acjacheme (category Acjachemen)
    Acjacheme ("a heap of animated things") was an Acjachemen village that was closely situated to the mother village of Putuidem in what is now San Juan Capistrano...
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    San Juan Capistrano. The Trabuco Adobe was built in 1810 next to the Acjachemen village of Alume that was also identified during the 1769 Portolá expedition...
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    telecommunication antenna farm with microwave antennas sits atop the peak. The Acjachemen referred to the peak as Kalawpa, with the nearby village of Alume meaning...
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    coast". This area is designated California Historical Landmark #189. The Acjachemen village site of Toovannga was located near the present-day site of Dana...
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  • Panhe (category Acjachemen)
    Panhe (Acjachemen: "the place at the water") was one of the largest Acjachemen villages confirmed to be over 9,600 years old, and a current sacred, ceremonial...
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