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Life Story: Toypurina (1760–1799)

Rebelling Against the Mission System

The story of a Tongva wise woman who led a rebellion against a Spanish mission in Alta California.

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Life Story: Toypurina
A 2019 panoramic photograph of a large, 12 ft (h) x 64 ft (w), colorful 2014 mural on a rectangular stone brick wall, centering on the painted image of Latina Toypurina, flanked by different tapestry patterns and a bilingual sign to the left.
Toypurina mural in Pacoima created by HOODsisters, an all womyn crew of artists and public art advocates, 2014.

Chantal Jung, photographer, 2019.

Close-up photograph of the painted Latina Toypurina featured on a colorful 2014 mural holding a woven yellow basket.
Toypurina mural in Pacoima created by HOODsisters, an all womyn crew of artists and public art advocates, 2014.

Chantal Jung, photographer, 2019.

Close-up photograph of a 2014 mural focused on a painted brown bilingual sign in English and Spanish, with blue woven textiles to its left as well as flower and plant leaves on a yellow background.
Toypurina mural in Pacoima created by HOODsisters, an all womyn crew of artists and public art advocates, 2014.

Chantal Jung, photographer, 2019.

This video was created by the New-York Historical Society Teen Leaders in collaboration with the