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Chumash Indian Legends

This is our collection of links to Chumash folktales and traditional stories that can be read online. We have indexed our Native American legends section by tribe to make them easier to locate; however, variants on the same legend are often told by American Indians from different tribes, especially if those tribes are kinfolk or neighbors to each other. In particular, though these legends come from the Chumashs, the traditional stories of related tribes like the Salinan and Seri tribes are very similar.

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Chumash Indian Folklore

*Chumash Myths and Stories:
    Several Chumash legends related to the sky.

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 Chumash religion and expressive culture



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