This relatively egalitarian structure granted many Chumash significant leisure time, often devoted to artistic creation, storytelling, games and spiritual practice. Chumash material culture ...

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Self-government is essential for tribal communities to protect their unique cultures and identities, the Chumash said. In turn, tribal cultures and traditions provide a foundation upon which ...

I was on a foraging tour with the organization Kelpful, learning to collect and prepare seaweed, just as the Chumash and Salinean People who first inhabited these lands did for thousands of years.