CHUMASH INDIANS The Chumash Indians were natives to the coastlands in California, from Malibu to Paso Robles, as well as on all three of the Northern Channel Islands. There were 150 independent villages with a total population of 18,000 people. People in the other regions spoke a little differently although the languages were similar. The villages were made of ceremonial grounds, semi subterranean sweathouses, cleared playing fields, storage huts, and round thatched dwelling houses up to fifty …showed first 75 words of 1655 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1655 total…were told at the campfires. And when people were interested, most of the storytellers of the tribe were dead. Bibliography Work Cited “Chumash”. Encyclopedia Britannica. Chicago. Encyclopedia Britannic Inc, 1997. Volume 3 of Encyclopedia Britannica 24 Vols. Josephy Jr., Alvin M. “500 Nations” Alfred A Knope. New York 1994. Ed. Duane Champagne. “Chronology of Native American History”. Gale Research Inc, Detroit 1994. Terrell, John Upton. “American Indian Almanac”. Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York 1834. Http://www.sbnature.org/chumash ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**