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.

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Chumash canonical 6

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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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