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Former settlement in California, United States
Awigna
(also,
Awiz-na
) is a former
Tongva
-Gabrieleno
Native American
settlement located at the site of modern-day
La Puente High School
, in the
San Gabriel Valley
in
Los Angeles County
,
California
.
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The settlement was one of twenty seven villages included in the records of
Mission San Gabriel
, indicating that villagers from Awigna were baptized there after its establishment in the
Los Angeles Basin
in 1776.
[3]
Awigna was described as "one of the principal rancherias to supply it [the mission] with neophytes."
[4]
In 1915,
La Puente High School
was built on the village site. During the construction process, many artifacts from the village were unearthed and were reportedly put on display at the school for many years. In 2004, it was reported that the whereabouts of these artifacts were unknown.
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