… gratitude and respect to past and present Gabrieleño, Tongva, and Kizh people, the original caretakers of this land, whose traditional, unyielded homeland we occupy today on the ELAC campus. Alternative version East Los Angeles College honors with … establishing a vibrant network of villages connected through marriage, culture, exchange and a shared Takic language. No traditional term is agreed on for this group as a whole. Historians, ethnographers, and contemporary Indigenous people have … European diseases. The expansion of the Catholic missions under the protection of the Spanish crown diminished much of the traditional resource base, as land was turned into grazing grounds for the benefit of the mission system. Once baptized, …