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Record Nr.

UNINA9910158618803321

Autore

Newsome Joel <1984->

Titolo

The people and culture of the Chumash / / Joel Newsome and Raymond Bial

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Cavendish Square, , 2017

�2017

ISBN

1-5026-2256-4

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (128 pages) : color illustrations, maps, portraits

Collana

First peoples of North America

Disciplina

979.4004/9758

Soggetti

Chumash Indians - History

Chumash Indians - Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

A culture begins -- Origins of a people -- A changing landscape -- Chumash belief and storytelling -- Building a civilization -- Life in a village - housing and buildings -- A societal structure -- Life in a Chumash village -- It takes a village -- Survival without agriculture -- Recipe -- The house of the sea -- A trade network - Chumash attire -- Function and elegance -- Basket making -- Beliefs of the Chumash -- The universe and origins -- Vision quests, guides, and medicines -- A tradition of dance and song -- Prayer through painting -- Communal gaming -- An oral tradition -- Overcoming hardships -- Encountering Europeans - Mission life -- Struggles to survive -- An endangered language -- The nation's presence now -- Adapting to new lifestyles - Santa Ynez today -- Faces of the Chumash -- Juan de Jesus Justo -- Kitsepawit -- Pacomio -- Maria Solares -- Rafael Solares.

Sommario/riassunto

This book details how the Chumash tribe began, how they persisted despite hardship, and what life for Chumash members is like today.