Kizh, or Kit’c (/kiːtʃ/ keetch), are the historically and ethnographically documented lineal descendants of the Mission Indians of San Gabriel, an Indigenous peoples of California.[1] They belong to a group commonly known by the Spanish name, Gabrieleño.[2]
The name Kizh is a shortened version of the first name used to represent all of the Gabreileño-speaking People of the Los Angels Basin, Kichereno. “…is not a place name, but a tribe name, the name of a kind of people” (Harrington 1986: R129 F345; cited in McCawley 1996, 43).,[3] Smithsonian Institution,[4] Congress,[5] the Catholic Church,[6] the San Gabriel Mission, [7] and other Indigenous communities.[8]
Kizh is derived from a reference by a Canadian ethnologist to one of the numerous villages in the Los Angeles Basin from records at Mission Viejas, Kizheriños (The People of the Willow Houses). Hugo Reid documented at least 28 Gabrielino villages.[9]
- ^ Loew, O. Loew (1876). "Analytical report upon ethnology of Southern California and Adjacent Regions". Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers to the Secretary of War. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
- ^ "Gabrieleño". Native American Heritage Commission. State of California. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
- ^ "California Native American Tribal Affairs: Contacts | CalEPA".
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- ^ "Kizh". Catholic Encyclopedia.
- ^ "The Old San Gabriel Mission".
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- ^ "Letters on the Los Angeles County Indians" (PDF).