Tongva tribe

Type: Location

As of November 2026, Tongva tribe has been mentioned in one podcast episode on Megyn Kelly (Feb 2026). The Tongva tribe was mentioned in the Megyn Kelly podcast episode regarding Billie Eilish's mansion, highlighting their status as the indigenous people of the greater Los Angeles basin. The discussion centered on land ownership, specifically referencing the land on which Eilish's home is built, emphasizing the historical connection of the Tongva to that area.

The Tongva are an indigenous people of California from the Los Angeles Basin and the Southern Channel Islands, an area covering approximately 4,000 square miles (10,000 km2). In the precolonial era, the people lived in as many as 100 villages and primarily identified by their village rather than by a pan-tribal name. During colonization, the Spanish referred to these people as Gabrieleño and Fernandeño, names derived from the Spanish missions built on their land: Mission San Gabriel Arcángel and