What were men and womens roles in the Chumash tribe?
Chumash men were fishermen and hunters, and sometimes they went to war to protect their families. Chumash women ground acorn meal, did most of the cooking and child care, and wove baskets. Both genders took part in storytelling, music and artwork, and traditional medicine. A Chumash chief could be either a man or a woman. What were Chumash homes like in the past? Chumash people lived in grass houses, which are made of a domed wooden frame thatched with grass. Some of these houses were quite large (fifty feet in diameter) and could house an entire extended family. Chumash people do not live in these old-fashioned dwellings today, any more than other Americans live in log cabins. Chumash families live in modern houses and apartment buildings, just like you. What were Chumash clothes like? Did the Chumashes wear feather headdresses and face paint? Originally, Chumash people didn’t wear much clothing– women wore only knee-length grass or deerskin skirts, and men usually went naked except
