I thought it would be very interesting to talk about Native American tribes that are not well known. Every time I hear a person in America speak of Native Americans, the only ones I mainly hear are Cherokee and Blackfoot.
Not that I actually expect every American to know all the tribes. Besides there are 562 federally recognized Native American tribes in America. Although I have no Native American blood in me, this tribe speaks to me the most. At first I decided to simply use the tribe as one of the tribes in my fantasy novel, but the more I researched the Chumash, the more I became interested in it. So today I will be sharing some things about the Chumash that I found interesting.
Beliefs
Although this belief is very common in religions, especially Christian. The first belief that stood out to me was the belief that you shouldn't envy others. This stood out to me because of the next belief that stood out to me, which is that people should give without expecting anything in return. When someone is envious or jealous, in a way they are expecting something in return, even if they got what they wanted.
The 3 layers of the world
The Chumash believed that the world was divided in 3 layers on floating discs.
The Sky World
The Middle World
The Middle World, is the world of the living
The Water World
This world was made of urine, with lots of frogs in it.
The Sky World was supported by a Great Eagle
A Giant Serpent held the Middle World and when the snake moved, it caused earthquakes
The leader of a Chumash tribe was called a Wot, and the doctor was called a Shaman#chumashjourney
What is this fantasy novel featuring the Chumash that you're writing? Sounds intriguing.
More Chumash stuff: If you're visiting Solvang coming from Santa Barbara, take the 154 over the mountains into Santa Ynez. There you'll find the Chumash cave, painted with petroglyphs. It is believed it depicts a total solar eclipse which happened in the Santa Barbara area in the 1790s.
There are calendrical paintings marking the solstices and equinoxes within the facilities of Vandenberg AFB and the Santa Suzana rocket lab, but only archaeologists are permitted to examine them.
The famous La Brea Woman, the only human remains found in the La Brea Tar Pits, was genetically tested and found not to be Tongva (natives of Los Angeles), but Chumash. The Chumash got much of the tar used for their boats from the La Brea Tar Pits. Likely she was part of a trading expedition. Evidence suggests foul play, and she was dumped in the tar to conceal the crime. Her dog was killed, too.
It's a fantasy novel where the main character is half native American and half Chinese. His mom is Chinese, and his dad is Chumash. If I had money I would love to go to cali, going to California would help my book a lot more.
Actually no its not, but I have heard of that theory before. But my story completely fantasy fiction. It takes place In the real world, but follows an alternate timeline
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What is this fantasy novel featuring the Chumash that you're writing? Sounds intriguing.
More Chumash stuff:
If you're visiting Solvang coming from Santa Barbara, take the 154 over the mountains into Santa Ynez. There you'll find the Chumash cave, painted with petroglyphs. It is believed it depicts a total solar eclipse which happened in the Santa Barbara area in the 1790s.
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The Chumash have numerous petroglyphs in the Carrizo Plains area at a giant rock which is sometimes open to the general public.
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There are calendrical paintings marking the solstices and equinoxes within the facilities of Vandenberg AFB and the Santa Suzana rocket lab, but only archaeologists are permitted to examine them.
The famous La Brea Woman, the only human remains found in the La Brea Tar Pits, was genetically tested and found not to be Tongva (natives of Los Angeles), but Chumash. The Chumash got much of the tar used for their boats from the La Brea Tar Pits. Likely she was part of a trading expedition. Evidence suggests foul play, and she was dumped in the tar to conceal the crime. Her dog was killed, too.
It's a fantasy novel where the main character is half native American and half Chinese. His mom is Chinese, and his dad is Chumash. If I had money I would love to go to cali, going to California would help my book a lot more.
Was this novel inspired by the theory that the
Chinese might have voyaged to California?
Actually no its not, but I have heard of that theory before. But my story completely fantasy fiction. It takes place In the real world, but follows an alternate timeline
*my story is
I love alternate timelines.
Tell me where's the point of departure?
what do you mean?
The point on the time line that departs from our real history.
Hard to explain, its based off of American history. Instead of Christians coming to convert everyone its a different religion.
I actually learned a lot about the Chumash in school growing up, as I lived in the area where they had lived, in Southern California.
Are you from around Santa Barbara?
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