HISTORY 142A Chapter Notes - Chapter article: Californio, Our Lady Of Sorrows, Casta
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That land bridge and then they dispersed and migrated: but now, western scholars thing that human life started the in the tongva basin when native sailed south along the "kelp highway" Used stories and songs to teach children about boundaries and bounties of village"s homeland: there were a lot of food resources available for native americans in basin. Eventually they started using acorns but it was the tongva women who did the most food prep with this food source. Helped to create a lot of population growth: california was also super linguistically and culturally diverse. Several different root languages which developed into distinct languages which then each had local dialects: work, family, and teachings of chengiichngech that sustained life in tongva. Generations of experience would guide their labor but also required ongoing study because the land would change: skilled work also gendered.
