Asuksa-nga, California

Asuksa-nga
Former settlement
Asuksa-nga Location in California
Coordinates: 34°08′01″N 117°54′27″W
Country	United States
State	California
County	Los Angeles County
City	Azusa
Elevation [1]	610 ft (186 m)

Asuksa-nga (also Azucsagna or Asucsagna, or Ashuksha-vit in the neighboring Serrano dialect of Shoshone[2]) is a former Tongva-Gabrieleño Californian Native American settlement in the San Gabriel Valley. The meaning of the name is "Skunk place" or "Skunk hill," with Asuksa meaning skunk and the -nga or -vit ending meaning place.[3][4] The site is in Los Angeles County, California.[5][4]

It was located where the San Gabriel River exits the San Gabriel Mountains, in present-day Azusa and Duarte.[5]

See also

• Tongva populated places
• California mission clash of cultures
• Indigenous peoples of California

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Azusa
2. .
3. Kroeber, Alfred (1916). California Place Names of Indian Origin (PDF). Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 35.
4. Rasmussen, Cecilia (February 21, 1997). "Translated from Indian language, its name means..." Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
5. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Azucsagna