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Chumash

Chumash

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Relating to the people, culture, or language of a Native group in southern California
  • adjective
  • /ˈtʃuːmɑːʃ/
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  • The Chumash people have a rich cultural heritage that includes traditional songs and dances.
  • Chumash people

Examples

  • Another Chumash woman, Luisa Ignacio, also reported that the Indians often attributed witchcraft to sickness and death, suggesting that the use of bad medicine was probably the reason for the coming of the whites, "like a punishment from God."

    Academic text (2006)

  • The Coastal Band of the Chumash Nation

    Blog text (18)

  • Those are the bodies of the Chumash Indians who died of syphilis and influenza, infected by the missionaries.

    King of California (2007)

  • We had a United Front consisting of the Northern Chumash Council, Coastal Band of the Chumash Nation, the Wishtoyo Foundation, the Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Development, and the American Indian Movement of Southern California.

    Blog text (18)

  • Many artifacts from the Chumash culture have been discovered in archaeological sites across southern California.

  • Their unique Chumash language is still spoken by a small number of people today.

Surface Forms

Chumash positive

Etymology

Chumash comes from the name used for a Native American people who lived on California's coast, a name English got from Spanish and the local native words. So when something is described as Chumash, it means it is connected to that people, their culture, or their language.