The Chumash Native American Histories

Enhance your understanding of the Chumash and their adaptation and evolution as a Tribe that endured and endured. Before Spanish settlers arrived to California in the 1700's, there existed a tribe of native peoples, known as the Chumash, who had their own unique way of living, eating, worshiping, and governing.  Their way of life was augmented and forced to change as a result of not only the influence of the Spanish colonization, but also by the secularization that occurred when the California Missions fell under Mexican control. An insightful exploration of the incredible strength and determination of the Chumash people, still alive today. (7 x 9)