Chumash people

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The Chumash people are a Native American group indigenous to California’s central and southern coastal regions, renowned for their complex maritime culture, plank canoes (tomols), and rich artistic and spiritual traditions.

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Chumash people canonical 15

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American people
indigenous people of California
affectedBy California mission system
associatedMission Mission La Purísima Concepción
Mission San Buenaventura
Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa
Mission Santa Barbara
Mission Santa Inés
colonizedBy Spanish Empire
contemporaryTribalEntity Barbareño/Ventureño Band of Mission Indians
Coastal Band of the Chumash Nation
Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians
culturalRegion California cultural area
economyBasedOn acorn processing
marine resources
trade networks
engagedInTradeWith other California Indian groups
ethnicGroupOf United States
hasApproximatePrecontactPopulation tens of thousands
hasDeityOrSpirit Moon
Sky Coyote
Sun
hasUNESCORecognitionNearby Channel Islands National Park
indigenousTo California
Central Coast of California
Southern California coast
knownFor complex cosmology
elaborate ritual practices
fishing and sea mammal hunting
maritime culture
ocean navigation
pictographs
plank canoes
rock art
shell bead money production
languageFamily Chumashan languages
notableHistoricEvent Chumash revolt of 1824
practices shamanism
religion traditional Chumash spirituality
traditionalSettlementType coastal villages
island villages
traditionalTerritoryIncludes Channel Islands of California
San Luis Obispo County region
Santa Barbara Channel region
Santa Barbara County region
Ventura County region
linked to: Ventura County

parts of Los Angeles County
traditionalWatercraft tomol
usesMaterialCulture basketry
bone tools
shell beads
stone tools

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