This is awesome, I'm actually Chumash, my names Vincent "Hawkfire" Valenzuela. Growing up my grandma Mary Hernandez, taught me SO much about this culture, but I was too young to understand, now age 21, I'm going to collect this information and surprise my grandma and let her know that I won't forget or let it pass me in this life and not forget about it and I'll teach my kids to teach there's . This is actually really a Beautiful way of life/ culture. And very fun. Sweat lodges to meditate. Dancing and song. Burning sage. Coyote pelts and feathers. I'm very glad this just clicked in my head a few seconds ago and looked it up. I will not forget it, & be formed just too (this new age). And learn into my history. And will pass it on.

This is great. REcreating a nation's homes is the starting point of reviving culture, and so enriching for our children. I wish each Native nation would recreate at least one village. There is nothing here in Western Mass to visit to experience Nipmuc culture, which is a real pity.

This is not far from where i live, glad i found this video. Over for years in Ventura and never heard of it before, even when talking to locals how great it would be to have a recreated village here.

Very cool. There's a Gabtieleño/Tongva village in San Pedro too.

I believe there's a very strong connection with the ancient Polynesians.. culture is very similar.

So that's how Malibu got its name!

I love learning about native Indians or whatever name you like to go by.

I've been to this place too and know mati!

I am also chumash as well

My daughter went to that fieldtrip in her school

I know this is older post. I just came across I am Navajo, Apache Mescalero and Chumash I just came across a picture of my great uncle holding my little cousin In front of home like the ones you have on the reservation there. He was on the front page newspaper and I am having a hard time trying to enroll with the tribe.

The California Indians prove that the noble savage myth is not actually a myth, most experts agree that they were largely peaceful and almost never engaged in warfare or violence.

I have a question, what is the Chumash word for Love as in a romantical man x woman relationship, I am Lakota born jewish adopted, currently studying Native history, language, and culture, and am Majoring in History with a Minor in Native American Study, and want to know more about ALL Native cultures, Anyways Thanks! AND Have an AMAZING Day / Afternoon / Evening / Night WHEREVER YOU MAY BE & WHENEVER YOU READ THIS, WHOMEVER YOU MAY BE! CHEERS! :D

This is real life the way was suppose to be live not the dieing way we live now.

I wish I could burn sage where I live. They don't allow it here. It is a hud apartment. I think it's a violation of the freedom of religion act but I don't know. Pilipicho Mati and Luhui. Thank you for sharing. I'm praying this video will help educate those who don't know or that have forgotten.

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This could probably get me a good grade in social studies

A'ho

we are not Indians.. we are native Americans

This guy isn’t even Chumash lol

Unfortunately this is made up. These people haven’t been able to speak their own language since the 1950s. People who don’t know their language often don’t know how ceremonies go so therefore have lost their true identity. They’ve been bred out and watered down to the point you have the true pretendians like so. There’s reviving and maintaining culture then there’s monetizing it this is the latter. Very common to see from people who don’t know who they are it happens in my tribe today with folks who only have a partial connection to our ways. You seen them trying to claim things in the tribes name. Crazy I see folks talking about doing that here in the comments.