Chumash
noun
Chu·mash
ˈchü-ˌmash 
1
plural Chumash
: a member of an Indigenous people of southwestern California
2
: the family of languages spoken by the Chumash people
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Bring Your…Love of History The native Chumash thrived on Santa Cruz for 10,000 years, developing a society that was based on trade and a shell bead currency.
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Graham Averill, Outside Online, 30 May 2025
Mason consulted Chumash and Tongva artists and conducted fieldwork in the Channel Islands, Santa Barbara, and museums across L.A. and Ojai while writing and researching the play.
—Amanda L. Andrei, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
Visitors can also wander through a 3.5-acre garden that has native plants like dogbane and yerba mansa as well as exhibits about Chumash basketry, redwood canoes, and other traditions.
—Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 20 Apr. 2025
With his wife’s support, Oyelowo advocated filming in the Valley, specifically Stoney Peak in Chatsworth and Burro Flats in the Chumash territory, locations that were pivotal to his character’s life story.
—Adelle Platon, VIBE.com, 15 Apr. 2025
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Graham Averill, Outside Online, 30 May 2025
Mason consulted Chumash and Tongva artists and conducted fieldwork in the Channel Islands, Santa Barbara, and museums across L.A. and Ojai while writing and researching the play.
—Amanda L. Andrei, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
Visitors can also wander through a 3.5-acre garden that has native plants like dogbane and yerba mansa as well as exhibits about Chumash basketry, redwood canoes, and other traditions.
—Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 20 Apr. 2025
With his wife’s support, Oyelowo advocated filming in the Valley, specifically Stoney Peak in Chatsworth and Burro Flats in the Chumash territory, locations that were pivotal to his character’s life story.
—Adelle Platon, VIBE.com, 15 Apr. 2025
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“Chumash.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Chumash. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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