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

• Autore: Newsome Joel <1984->
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Cavendish Square, , 2017; �2017
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (128 pages) : color illustrations, maps, portraits
• Disciplina: 979.4004/9758
• Soggetto topico: Chumash Indians - History; Chumash Indians - Social life and customs
• Persona (resp. second.): BialRaymond
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The people and culture of the Chumash
• ISBN: 1-5026-2256-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910158618803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: First peoples of North America.