Transcript The Chumash Tribe

By, Jena, Carlos, Crisandra, Evelyn,
Jose, Kameron
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Low land sandy beaches
Inhabited southern coastal region
On the main land the Chumash
settled along shore lines
Spring feels the same
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8 -32 rain per year
Average rain fall
Ocean help warm land in winter
The summer makes it cool
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Chumash used sea grass and tule
reed leaves
Pine nuts/acorns stored for winter
Plant fibers used to make ropes
Domed shaped houses
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Used seals and sea lions meat for
food, skins, blankets, and capes
Caught fish in the kelp beds
Chumash diet consisted of plants
and animals
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It appears likely that there are large
cave/cliff side paintings created as
maps
Supernatural beings believed to
reside in the heavens
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Built tomols, plank boats, for water
travel
Chumash had a government to help
their people
Used tar to make their baskets and
canoes waterproof