ln Crystals In rhe sky, anthropologist Travis Hudson and astronomer ErnestUnderhay of the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History examine the Chumash, one of 300 or more indigenous groups or 'tribelets' of Califomia.Before the arrival of Franciscan missionaries, as many as 10,000 Chumasinhabited the fringes of the Santa Barbara Channel, one of the most denselypopulated areas in the New World. Like the Skidi Pawnee who are the subject of Smithsonian astronomer Von Del Chamberlain's book, the Chumash were decimated by infectious diseases introduced by Europeans. Today only about twenty families occupy the tribe's small reservation near Santa Ynez, while several thousand other Chumash of mixed descent live elsewhere in Southern California. Best known for their vivid multicoloredrock paintings painted in caves and on overhangs, the Chumash enjoyed a sophisticated culture without ever raising corn or other crops.

Crystals in the Sky: An Intellectual Odyssey Involving Chumash Astronomy, Cosmology and Rock Art (Anthropological Papers : No. 10)

Science & Math

Hudson, Travis

Underhay, Ernest

Astronomy & Space Science

Ballena Pr

Federal Concern About Conditions of California (Ballena Press publications in archaeology, ethnology, and history ; no. 13) [Jun 01, 1978] Heizer, Robert F. ...

Federal Concern About Conditions of California

Politics & Social Sciences

Heizer, Robert F.

Archaeology

<p>This is the story of Irene Stewart, a Navajo woman, told in her own words. Born in Canyon de Chelly, Arizona, she was raised by her grandmother after the death of her mother and the departure of her father. Yet her life has not been that of the traditional woman rug weaver of the sheep camp. From the moment when, at the age of nine, her father sent a Navajo policeman to kidnap his daughter from formal schooling, she was set on a path toward becoming a bilingual-bicultural Indian. She has learned to live in both Navajo and white American society. This was not an easy transition.</p>

A Voice in Her Tribe: A Navajo Woman's Story (Ballena Press Anthropological papers No. 17)

History

Irene Stewart

Americas

Archaeoastronomy in the Americas (Ballena Press Anthropological Papers)

Peopling of the New World (Ballena Press Anthropological Papers)

The Material Culture of the Chumash Interaction Sphere, Vol. 1, Food Procurement and Transportation

Blackburn, Thomas C.

Social Sciences

When Stars Came Down to Earth: Cosmology of the Skidi Pawnee Indians of North America (Ballena Press Anthropological Papers)

Chamberlain, Von Del

Material Culture of the Chumash Interaction Sphere: Clothing, Ornamentation, and Grooming (Ballena Press Anthropological Papers)

Woman, Poet, Scientist: Essays in New World Anthropology (Ballena Press Anthropological Papers)

Great Basin Foundation

Over a number of years in the 1960s, anthropologist Don Jewell got to know the Concow elders, accompanying them on foot or by automobile through a landscape that for them was pregnant with meaning. He listened to and taped the stories they told and the tribal wisdom they shared, and has now compiled a book that will have equal appeal for scholars and laymen alike. The elder s stories are now especially valuable as preserved oral history of the Native American view of California s mid-nineteenth century past, which is well documented as far as the Euro-American and pioneer s side goes. Jewell s account of the Maidu is proving popular for classroom use and for sales to the general public and was rated highly by the Los Angeles Unified School District, which evaluates textbooks relative to American Indian content.

Indians of the Feather River: Tales and Legends of the Concow Maidu of California

Jewell, Donald P.

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