Chumash

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The Chumash are a Native American people traditionally inhabiting the central and southern coastal regions of California, known for their complex maritime culture, plank canoes (tomols), and rich rock art.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Chumash canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American people ⓘ
indigenous people of California ⓘ
affectedBy California mission system ⓘ
artForm basketry ⓘ
rock art panels ⓘ
colonizedBy Spanish Empire ⓘ
cosmologyFeature Moon deity ⓘ
Sky Coyote ⓘ
Sun deity ⓘ
culturalPractice acorn processing ⓘ
ocean fishing ⓘ
rock engraving ⓘ
rock painting ⓘ
sea mammal hunting ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf United States ⓘ
hasSubgroup Barbareño Chumash people ⓘ
Ineseño Chumash people ⓘ
Island Chumash people ⓘ
linked to: Island Chumash

Obispeño Chumash people ⓘ
Purismeño Chumash people ⓘ
linked to: Purismeño Chumash

Ventureño Chumash people ⓘ
linked to: Ventureño Chumash
knownFor complex chiefdoms ⓘ
maritime culture ⓘ
plank canoes ⓘ
rock art ⓘ
shell bead money ⓘ
tomol watercraft ⓘ
languageFamily Chumashan languages ⓘ
missionizationAt Mission La Purísima Concepción ⓘ
Mission San Buenaventura ⓘ
Mission Santa Barbara ⓘ
Mission Santa Inés ⓘ
notableEvent Chumash revolt of 1824 ⓘ
presentDayTribe Barbareño/Ventureño Band of Mission Indians ⓘ
Coastal Band of the Chumash Nation ⓘ
Northern Chumash Tribe ⓘ
linked to: Northern Chumash

Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians ⓘ
region Los Angeles County, California ⓘ
linked to: Los Angeles County

San Luis Obispo County, California ⓘ
Santa Barbara Channel ⓘ
Santa Ynez Valley ⓘ
Ventura County, California ⓘ
linked to: Ventura County
religion Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

traditional Chumash religion ⓘ
sacredSite Burro Flats Painted Cave ⓘ
Painted Cave State Historic Park ⓘ
traditionalEconomy fishing ⓘ
hunting and gathering ⓘ
shell bead production ⓘ
traditionalLanguage Barbareño Chumash ⓘ
Ineseño Chumash ⓘ
linked to: Island Chumash

Island Chumash ⓘ
Obispeño Chumash ⓘ
linked to: Central Chumash

Purismeño Chumash ⓘ
Ventureño Chumash ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Channel Islands of California ⓘ
central coast of California ⓘ
southern coast of California ⓘ
usedAsCurrency shell beads ⓘ
uses plank canoe ⓘ
tomol ⓘ

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