The Gabrielino [Paperback]

Bruce W. Miller (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 120 pages
• Publisher: Sand River Press (December 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0944627900
• ISBN-13: 978-0944627907
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #621,110 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good information on a little known people, April 14, 2000

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Jim Dutkiewycz - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Gabrielino (Paperback)

When previously living in Los Angeles it was very difficult to think of the Native Americans who had previously inhabited that area. It is fairly common knowledge that Los Angeles was originally called "Bahia de los humos" or "Smoky Bay" due to the campfires of the Native Americans who lived in that area. But just who were those Native Americans. Due to forced assimilation in the Spanish encomienda mission system, less protection under the Mexican government, and even less under the Americans, this vibrant and well adapted people have disappeared. The book also includes a chapter and photographs of the lost woman of St. Nicholas, the last of her people.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Another Gabrielino speaks, November 10, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: The Gabrielino (Paperback)

The Gabrielino's are not extinct. We are alive and living all over Southern California and Arizona. Bruce Miller's book was informative and incorrect. Many families still live around the Mission San Gabriel where a lot of my family is buried. The reservation was out in the desert, unwanted habitat, as most res' were. Southern California has become a wasteland for the greedy whiteman. It was once lush and abundant with natural beauty. The air is putrid and the land drained. It could be rich again.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Source of Knowledge of the Indians who lived in Los Angeles, October 3, 2008

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David Beaumont (LA, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Gabrielino (Paperback)

This is the best source of information I have found of the Native Americans who called themselves Tongva. They lived in northern Los Angeles - in Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, Pasadena and the San Fernando Valley. Easy to read and fully illustrated.