Nation
Gabrielino/Tongva NationGabrielino/Tongva Nation
Not yet reviewed by this nation. What follows comes from public records and research. It does not speak for the nation.
- Recorded status
- Petitioning for federal acknowledgment
- Website
- https://gabrielinotongva.org
- Region
- California (Los Angeles Basin)
Recognition, as each source states it
Recognition is a legal and political status that governments assign; it is not a measure of who a people are.
- Petitioning for federal acknowledgment, California (Los Angeles Basin)Petitioner #411 ('Awaiting Active Consideration'); documented petition noticed in the Federal Register, Feb. 6, 2026 (91 FR 5508); earlier petitioner #140 (letter of intent 1994).source
Who is doing the work
Native legal and land defense, nationally
- Native American Rights Fund (NARF) Native-led Litigation and legal advocacy for tribal sovereignty, treaty rights, land and resources Give on their site Website
- NDN Collective (LANDBACK Campaign) Native-led LANDBACK campaign (launched 2020; Mount Rushmore closure and return of Black Hills public lands), Indigenous… Give on their site Website
- Indian Land Tenure Foundation (ILTF) Native-led Land recovery and control by tribes and individual Indian landowners Website
- Decolonizing Wealth Project (Indigenous Earth Fund; California Tribal Land Return) Native-led Reparative philanthropy Give on their site Website
Gifts go straight to each organization; this atlas takes nothing. Listing is not endorsement: how organizations are listed.
Sources
- federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/06/2026-02380/receipt-of-documented-petition-for-fedprimary record
the group known as the Gabrielino/Tongva Nation has filed a documented petition for Federal acknowledgment as an American Indian Tribe
- gabrielinotongva.orgunclassified
We are the Gabrielino/Tongva Nation. We are the aboriginal tribe of the Los Angeles Basin and the true First Angelenos.
- Kind
- Nation
- Confidence
- Low
- Nation review
- Not yet reviewed by this nation