#chumash

[memories-of-ancients]

Steatite whale effigy, Chumash people, southern California coast, circa 1200-1600

from The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

[nobrashfestivity]

Unknown, Chumash Whale Stone-Sculpture 16th–17th century United States, California Steatite, bone, shell H. 4 5/8 x D. 16 1/2 x W. 8 1/4 in. (11.7 x 41.9 x 21 cm)

[old-powwow-days]

AMBER MORNINGSTAR, 2019 | NAOMI, 2017 | JULIA, 2018

by Cara Romero as part of her First American Girls series

[forever70s]

Chumash activist, actor, and medicine man, Semu Huaute, at the Occupation of Alcatraz Island (1969)

[ch-a-y]

Chumash Miku lets goooo

[blondebrainpowered]

Soapstone with shell inlay carving of a whale effigy. California, United States, Chumash culture, 1200-1600 CE

[matriarchy-au]

The Chumash creation story told by Julie Tumamait-Stenslie, featuring creator goddess Hutash, the Earth Mother.

[truetotradition]

Kulupeč means “I chip flint”