Chapter 16 Pacific Northwest

The Pacific Northwest and the San Fernando Valley do not share any climate characteristics, but do have some similarities. The "PNW" had a large Native American population which lived there in tribes long before it became part of the United States, and the San Fernando Valley was also inhabited by Native Americans for thousands of years before the Spanish and Mexicans and eventually Americans made it their land. Many tribes had lands in present day Calabasas as well as Encino, Tujunga, and Pacoima. Both regions had a heavy Native American inhabitancy before being developed into what they are known as today.