[[File:Southern CA Native American Tribal Territories.png|thumb|Southern California tribal territories]]
Tongva territories border those of numerous other tribes in the region. The historical Tongva lands made up what is now called "the coastal region of [[Los Angeles County, California|Los Angeles County]], the northwest portion of [[Orange County, California|Orange County]] and off-lying islands.”"<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Johnston |first=Bernice |url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000624992 |title=California's Gabrielino Indians. |date=1962 |publisher=Southwest Museum |series= Publications of the Frederick Webb Hodge Anniversary Publication Fund ;v. 8|location=Los Angeles |access-date=August 17, 2022 |archive-date=August 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817050719/https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000624992 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1962 Curator Bernice Johnson, of [[Southwest Museum of the American Indian|Southwest Museum]], asserted that the northern boundary was somewhere between Topanga and Malibu (perhaps the vicinity of [[Malibu Creek]]) and the southern boundary was Orange County's [[Aliso Creek (Orange County)|Aliso Creek]].<ref name=":0" />
