they had a very large tribal valleyom the san gabriel to the northern parts of orange county, all the way out to the islands in santa monica bay, san nicolas island and santa catalina. they also extend as far as malibu and border with chumash territory. the indigenous people in santa "tongva" comese from several different sounds in the language that mean "mother earth" and "place within that earth." they are known for being very connected with their land. were a veryeople wealthy society due to the abundant natural world they were surrounded with. they were able to stay in one place. they were not migratory. they traded with surrounding tribes and they were able to trade some very unique resources due to this location. large, basically pond filled with tar between here and downtown los angeles, and it is near one of our large art museums, the los angeles county museum of art. that was a unique resource, so the tar or pitch was a sticky, black substance. tools,used that to make pitch their canoes. canoesd have oceangoing where they would go out to the islands in santa monica bay and this tar or pitch was important for that, as well as other