Asuksa-nga | |
Settlement Type: | Former settlement |
Pushpin Map: | California |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in California |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | California |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Los Angeles County |
Subdivision Type3: | City |
Subdivision Name3: | Azusa |
Coordinates: | 34.1336°N -117.9075°W |
Elevation M: | 186 |
Elevation Ft: | 610 |
Asuksa-nga (also Azucsagna or Asucsagna, or Ashuksha-vit in the neighboring Serrano dialect of Shoshone[1]) 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.[2] [3] The site is in Los Angeles County, California.[4]
It was located where the San Gabriel River exits the San Gabriel Mountains, in present-day Azusa and Duarte.