Have been in Sacramento for the last couple of days. A few images of #Toypurina & #BiddyMason from the California Museum exhibit “Women Inspire: California Women Changing Our World” (californiamuseum.org/exhibitions/...). #womenshistory #MuseumSky #CAHistory
November 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Have been in Sacramento for the last couple of days. A few images of #Toypurina & #BiddyMason from the California Museum exhibit “Women Inspire: California Women Changing Our World” (californiamuseum.org/exhibitions/...). #womenshistory #MuseumSky #CAHistory
We, as a people, need to be more like Toypurina.
I read her story, and she's an absolute hero.
I read her story, and she's an absolute hero.
October 28, 2025 at 4:39 AM
We, as a people, need to be more like Toypurina.
I read her story, and she's an absolute hero.
I read her story, and she's an absolute hero.
In 1785, Toypurina joined a rebellion at Mission San Gabriel because her people weren’t going to quietly watch their ceremonies be banned and their land be walked on.
Brilliant. Indigenous. Woman.
History may’ve called her “rebellious” we call her right.
#VoicesFromHistory #IndigenousResistance
Brilliant. Indigenous. Woman.
History may’ve called her “rebellious” we call her right.
#VoicesFromHistory #IndigenousResistance
October 23, 2025 at 10:37 PM
In 1785, Toypurina joined a rebellion at Mission San Gabriel because her people weren’t going to quietly watch their ceremonies be banned and their land be walked on.
Brilliant. Indigenous. Woman.
History may’ve called her “rebellious” we call her right.
#VoicesFromHistory #IndigenousResistance
Brilliant. Indigenous. Woman.
History may’ve called her “rebellious” we call her right.
#VoicesFromHistory #IndigenousResistance
We were taught all of that definitely in HS history. They also covered the various native uprisings including Toypurina, Bald Hills, & the Modoc war, including the reasons for them.
September 9, 2025 at 8:06 PM
We were taught all of that definitely in HS history. They also covered the various native uprisings including Toypurina, Bald Hills, & the Modoc war, including the reasons for them.
Ooh I like Kateri Tekakwitha, Toypurina, Sacajewea.
Possible books:
Erdrich’s Future Home of the Living God
Allende’s Zorro
Earling’s The Lost Journals of Sacajewea
Stone’s Toypurina (kids’ book)
Cohen’s Beautiful Losers
Teton’s It’s Her Story (kids’ book)
One of the white Sacajawea kids’ books
Possible books:
Erdrich’s Future Home of the Living God
Allende’s Zorro
Earling’s The Lost Journals of Sacajewea
Stone’s Toypurina (kids’ book)
Cohen’s Beautiful Losers
Teton’s It’s Her Story (kids’ book)
One of the white Sacajawea kids’ books
August 4, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Ooh I like Kateri Tekakwitha, Toypurina, Sacajewea.
Possible books:
Erdrich’s Future Home of the Living God
Allende’s Zorro
Earling’s The Lost Journals of Sacajewea
Stone’s Toypurina (kids’ book)
Cohen’s Beautiful Losers
Teton’s It’s Her Story (kids’ book)
One of the white Sacajawea kids’ books
Possible books:
Erdrich’s Future Home of the Living God
Allende’s Zorro
Earling’s The Lost Journals of Sacajewea
Stone’s Toypurina (kids’ book)
Cohen’s Beautiful Losers
Teton’s It’s Her Story (kids’ book)
One of the white Sacajawea kids’ books
There is a professor at UChicago, SJ Zhang, who teaches a class centered on the lives and depictions of 3 colonial-era enslaved women (Tituba, Phillis Wheatley, Sally Hemmings) and I would LOVE to teach a version of that on 3 Native women in that time period. Possibly: Toypurina, Sacagawea and…?
August 4, 2025 at 2:52 AM
There is a professor at UChicago, SJ Zhang, who teaches a class centered on the lives and depictions of 3 colonial-era enslaved women (Tituba, Phillis Wheatley, Sally Hemmings) and I would LOVE to teach a version of that on 3 Native women in that time period. Possibly: Toypurina, Sacagawea and…?
California’s 175th Anniversary of statehood is on Sept. 9 and we’re highlighting books from our curated reading list, counting down to that special day. Take a look at the list and other CA stories here: celebratecalifornia.library.ca.gov
#Cal175 #CaReads175
#Cal175 #CaReads175
July 28, 2025 at 4:57 PM
California’s 175th Anniversary of statehood is on Sept. 9 and we’re highlighting books from our curated reading list, counting down to that special day. Take a look at the list and other CA stories here: celebratecalifornia.library.ca.gov
#Cal175 #CaReads175
#Cal175 #CaReads175
Tovaangar, Toypurina, Maria Feliciana Arballo, Antonio Miranda Rodriguez, Juan Francisco Reyes, Eloisa Martinez de Sepulveda, Tiburcio Vazquez, Joaquin Murrieta, Biddy Mason, Pio and Andres Pico…
June 13, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Tovaangar, Toypurina, Maria Feliciana Arballo, Antonio Miranda Rodriguez, Juan Francisco Reyes, Eloisa Martinez de Sepulveda, Tiburcio Vazquez, Joaquin Murrieta, Biddy Mason, Pio and Andres Pico…
It was a whirlwind of a performance! With only 3 1/2 hrs notice, I jumped into the role of “Toypurina” and made my Opera San Jose Mainstage Debut. 😱 I can’t thank my colleagues & the crew enough for being so helpful and supportive. Viva team Zorro! ⚔️💃🏻⚔️
May 14, 2025 at 12:12 AM
It was a whirlwind of a performance! With only 3 1/2 hrs notice, I jumped into the role of “Toypurina” and made my Opera San Jose Mainstage Debut. 😱 I can’t thank my colleagues & the crew enough for being so helpful and supportive. Viva team Zorro! ⚔️💃🏻⚔️
Toypurina Tongva medicine woman who resisted the Spanish colonization of her homeland. Although not a social worker herself, Toypurina's determination to overthrow the Mission San Gabriel and reclaim her people's rights serves as a powerful reminder of the long history of resistance and activism
May 2, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Toypurina Tongva medicine woman who resisted the Spanish colonization of her homeland. Although not a social worker herself, Toypurina's determination to overthrow the Mission San Gabriel and reclaim her people's rights serves as a powerful reminder of the long history of resistance and activism
The art that is woven through the streets of Boyle Heights. Not only captures beauty but a rich history of the past. Murals take space and aid to capture a story. In 1785, a Tongva woman named #Toypurina led a revolt against the Spanish colonizers at Mission San Gabriel. Bottom left. #csudhMSW501
April 25, 2025 at 6:28 AM
The art that is woven through the streets of Boyle Heights. Not only captures beauty but a rich history of the past. Murals take space and aid to capture a story. In 1785, a Tongva woman named #Toypurina led a revolt against the Spanish colonizers at Mission San Gabriel. Bottom left. #csudhMSW501
🩸 Toypurina – The Spirit Who Dared to Curse a Cross
“I hate the padres and all of you, for living here on my native soil… for your god who is not mine.”
1760–1799
Place: Southern California, Mission San Gabriel
Blood: Tongva warrior. Medicine woman. Flame in human form.
“I hate the padres and all of you, for living here on my native soil… for your god who is not mine.”
1760–1799
Place: Southern California, Mission San Gabriel
Blood: Tongva warrior. Medicine woman. Flame in human form.
March 31, 2025 at 6:48 PM
🩸 Toypurina – The Spirit Who Dared to Curse a Cross
“I hate the padres and all of you, for living here on my native soil… for your god who is not mine.”
1760–1799
Place: Southern California, Mission San Gabriel
Blood: Tongva warrior. Medicine woman. Flame in human form.
“I hate the padres and all of you, for living here on my native soil… for your god who is not mine.”
1760–1799
Place: Southern California, Mission San Gabriel
Blood: Tongva warrior. Medicine woman. Flame in human form.
'Keepers of the Fire'
2019, 40x30x2, acrylic canvas 🦋
#painting #painter, #art, #latinxartist, #fineart #contemporaryart #portrait #visionaryart #indigenous #feminism #strength #leadership #respect #resistance #resist
2019, 40x30x2, acrylic canvas 🦋
#painting #painter, #art, #latinxartist, #fineart #contemporaryart #portrait #visionaryart #indigenous #feminism #strength #leadership #respect #resistance #resist
March 24, 2025 at 11:43 PM
'Keepers of the Fire'
2019, 40x30x2, acrylic canvas 🦋
#painting #painter, #art, #latinxartist, #fineart #contemporaryart #portrait #visionaryart #indigenous #feminism #strength #leadership #respect #resistance #resist
2019, 40x30x2, acrylic canvas 🦋
#painting #painter, #art, #latinxartist, #fineart #contemporaryart #portrait #visionaryart #indigenous #feminism #strength #leadership #respect #resistance #resist
#WomensHistoryMonth in CA
Toypurina was a young medicine woman who in 1785 led a revolt of Tongva Indians against San Gabriel Mission. The missionaries had committed many assaults against the Tongva people. (Source: CA Museum)
Toypurina was a young medicine woman who in 1785 led a revolt of Tongva Indians against San Gabriel Mission. The missionaries had committed many assaults against the Tongva people. (Source: CA Museum)
March 1, 2025 at 10:25 AM
#WomensHistoryMonth in CA
Toypurina was a young medicine woman who in 1785 led a revolt of Tongva Indians against San Gabriel Mission. The missionaries had committed many assaults against the Tongva people. (Source: CA Museum)
Toypurina was a young medicine woman who in 1785 led a revolt of Tongva Indians against San Gabriel Mission. The missionaries had committed many assaults against the Tongva people. (Source: CA Museum)
Toypurina: Tongva medicine woman Toypurina rallied her people to fight Spanish colonizers
by Lindsey Danae Perez
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by Lindsey Danae Perez
www.crucialcomix.com/comic/toypur...
Toypurina
Tongva medicine woman Toypurina rallied her people to fight Spanish colonizers
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February 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Toypurina: Tongva medicine woman Toypurina rallied her people to fight Spanish colonizers
by Lindsey Danae Perez
www.crucialcomix.com/comic/toypur...
by Lindsey Danae Perez
www.crucialcomix.com/comic/toypur...
It's a shame every American knows who Christopher Columbus is but not Toypurina, who was an absolute badass and organized a revolt against the Spanish missionaries.
Hear about her story and why it should be a movie on this episode: open.spotify.com/episode/1a8t...
Hear about her story and why it should be a movie on this episode: open.spotify.com/episode/1a8t...
Cornell grad missing in Los Angeles, the Toypurina movie Taika Waititi should make, and more!
open.spotify.com
January 30, 2025 at 2:02 PM
It's a shame every American knows who Christopher Columbus is but not Toypurina, who was an absolute badass and organized a revolt against the Spanish missionaries.
Hear about her story and why it should be a movie on this episode: open.spotify.com/episode/1a8t...
Hear about her story and why it should be a movie on this episode: open.spotify.com/episode/1a8t...
The latest Haunted Hollywood Episode is out now!
We cover the search for Jahnay Bryan and also share the story of Toypurina, the powerful indigenous woman who led a rebellion against the Spanish colonizers (Taika Waititi should seriously make this movie). open.spotify.com/episode/1a8t...
We cover the search for Jahnay Bryan and also share the story of Toypurina, the powerful indigenous woman who led a rebellion against the Spanish colonizers (Taika Waititi should seriously make this movie). open.spotify.com/episode/1a8t...
Cornell grad missing in Los Angeles, the Toypurina movie Taika Waititi should make, and more!
Haunted Hollywood Hour · Episode
open.spotify.com
December 12, 2024 at 11:46 PM
The latest Haunted Hollywood Episode is out now!
We cover the search for Jahnay Bryan and also share the story of Toypurina, the powerful indigenous woman who led a rebellion against the Spanish colonizers (Taika Waititi should seriously make this movie). open.spotify.com/episode/1a8t...
We cover the search for Jahnay Bryan and also share the story of Toypurina, the powerful indigenous woman who led a rebellion against the Spanish colonizers (Taika Waititi should seriously make this movie). open.spotify.com/episode/1a8t...
My paper on Toypurina, a leader of the Native Californian resistance to Spanish colonization, showing that her name is a hispanicized version of her Tongva title - Spirit Doctor. The Totoongvetam are the indigenous Uto-Aztecan inhabitants of Greater Los Angeles.
www.academia.edu/123327970/Th...
www.academia.edu/123327970/Th...
The Spirit of Resistance - The Meaning of Toypurina
The Tongva medicine woman Toypurina is among the best-known of the many indigenous leaders who resisted the Spanish colonization of California, being spoken of in the same breath as such other symbols...
www.academia.edu
November 19, 2024 at 8:25 PM
My paper on Toypurina, a leader of the Native Californian resistance to Spanish colonization, showing that her name is a hispanicized version of her Tongva title - Spirit Doctor. The Totoongvetam are the indigenous Uto-Aztecan inhabitants of Greater Los Angeles.
www.academia.edu/123327970/Th...
www.academia.edu/123327970/Th...
In 1785, Toypurina of the Gabrieleno-Tongva led a revolt against the Spanish colonizers at Mission San Gabriel, cementing her as a symbol of Indigenous resistance and fortitude. More than 200 years later, explore the complex legacy of the mission Toypurina once rallied against: https://bit.ly/NHMBSG
June 6, 2023 at 5:50 PM
In 1785, Toypurina of the Gabrieleno-Tongva led a revolt against the Spanish colonizers at Mission San Gabriel, cementing her as a symbol of Indigenous resistance and fortitude. More than 200 years later, explore the complex legacy of the mission Toypurina once rallied against: https://bit.ly/NHMBSG
My daughter’s 3rd grade class put on a play today about Toypurina and the Tongva people’s resistance to forced conversion by the Spanish missionaries and gotta say it was pretty based.
May 27, 2023 at 12:10 AM
My daughter’s 3rd grade class put on a play today about Toypurina and the Tongva people’s resistance to forced conversion by the Spanish missionaries and gotta say it was pretty based.
A symbol of Indigenous resistance and fortitude, Toypurina of the Gabrieleno-Tongva once led a revolt against Spanish colonizers at Mission San Gabriel in 1785. On the 224th anniversary of her death, investigate the complex legacy of the Mission she once rallied against: https://bit.ly/NHMBSG
May 22, 2023 at 10:36 PM
A symbol of Indigenous resistance and fortitude, Toypurina of the Gabrieleno-Tongva once led a revolt against Spanish colonizers at Mission San Gabriel in 1785. On the 224th anniversary of her death, investigate the complex legacy of the Mission she once rallied against: https://bit.ly/NHMBSG