Chumash
Chumash appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Pacific Coast and California (North America) from c. 500 CE to the present, a span of 1,525 years. Its people spoke North American families languages (Algonquian, Iroquoian, Siouan, Muskogean, Na-Dene, Caddoan, Salishan).
Maritime people of the Santa Barbara Channel who built plank canoes called tomols and used shell bead money. Spanish missions from 1772 sharply reduced their numbers.
See Chumash on the interactive timeline
Facts
- Dates
- c. 500 CE to the present
- Duration
- 1,525 years
- Type
- People or culture
- Region
- Pacific Coast and California, North America
- Language family
- North American families
Events in North America during its time
- Erik the Red settles Greenland
- Norse reach Vinland
- Cahokia grows into a city
- The Great Drought
- John Cabot reaches Newfoundland
- De Soto and Coronado expeditions
- Jamestown founded
- Champlain founds Quebec
Neighbours in North America
- United States
- New France
- Thirteen Colonies
- Norse Greenland
- Rupert's Land (Hudson's Bay Company)
- Comanche empire (Comancheria)
- Dominion of Canada
- British North America
- French Louisiana
- Russian America
Elsewhere in the world at the same time
- Republic of Venice
- Byzantine Empire
- Byzantine Empire
- Swahili city-states
- Ghana Empire (Wagadu)
- Holy Roman Empire
- Kingdom of Aksum
- Srivijaya
- Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty)
- Moche (Mochica)
Questions
When did Chumash exist?
c. 500 CE to the present, about 1,525 years. These dates are approximate, because the evidence for its beginning or end is uncertain.
Where was Chumash?
Pacific Coast and California, in North America.
What language did Chumash speak?
North American families. This family includes Algonquian, Iroquoian, Siouan, Muskogean, Na-Dene, Caddoan, Salishan.