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The Chumash are a Native American people of the central and southern coastal regions of California, in portions of what is now Kern, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura and Los Angeles Counties, extending from Morro Bay in the north to Malibu in the south to Mt Pinos in the east.
In 1833, Pacomio's daughter, María de Jesús, was thirteen years old when she married Gregorio, a Chumash neophyte who participated in the revolt. However, in 1836, soon after moving into her father's house with her husband, María died during childbirth at sixteen. Pacomio became an influential man in the Monterey community and local government.
Petra Pico (c. April 29, 1834 – September 7, 1902) was a Chumash basket weaver, elder, and regarded as a figurehead of the Ventureño Chumash Community. She was born at Mission San Buenaventura in 1834 to two Chumash neophytes.
Mary Joachina Yee (née Mary Joachina Ygnacio Rowe; 1897–1965) [2] [3] was a Barbareño Chumash linguist. She was the last first-language speaker of the Barbareño language, a member of the Chumashan languages that were once spoken in southern California by the Chumash people.
This category page lists notable citizens of the United States who have stated they have Chumash ancestry. For people with independently verified Chumash ancestry, see Category:American people of Chumash descent. For citizens of a Chumash tribe, see Category:Chumash people and its subcategories.
Maria Solares (US: / ˈ m ɑː r i ə s oʊ ˈ l ɑː r ɛ s /, Spanish: Maria Solares; born Qilikutayiwit, also known as Maria Ysidora del Refugio, c. April 1842 – March 1923) was a Native Californian woman belonging to the Chumash people, notable for her association with documenting and preserving the Samala Chumash language and culture.
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Chumash may refer to: Chumash (Judaism), a Hebrew word for the Pentateuch, used in Judaism; Chumash people, a Native American people of southern California;