Tongva Taraxat Paxaavxa Conservancy

[4] The conservancy is notable for its part in the return of Tongva land in Los Angeles County for the first time in nearly 200 years.

[6] The tribe experienced genocide and displacement from their lands known as Tovaangar since the arrival of settlers in the Los Angeles Basin area, which began with the Spanish mission period.

[2] In the American period, a state-sanctioned policy of elimination was enacted upon Indigenous peoples throughout the state known as the California genocide.

[8][9] Without federal recognition, the Tongva remained without a land base and have been effectively landless in their own traditional homelands for hundreds of years.

[1] The objectives of the conservancy are to steward and heal the lands by returning native plants to areas that have been overrun by invasive species, to protect the theft and destruction of wild white sage plants, and to build community toward supporting tribal members and cultural practices.