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December's Child: A Book of Chumash Oral Narratives [Paperback]

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  • Paperback: 360 pages
  • Publisher: University of California Press (July 14, 1980)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0520040880
  • ISBN-13: 978-0520040885
  • Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #621,933 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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4.0 out of 5 stars Important Introduction to Southern California Religion, October 5, 2001
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This review is from: December's Child: A Book of Chumash Oral Narratives (Paperback)
The Chumash Peoples live in a territory stretching from San Luis Obispo all the way to the Simi Hills bordering the San Fernando Valley. This important book documents some of their most important Sacred Stories, and gives insights into their views on the creation, the flood, the afterlife, the soul, and the forever wise/foolish adventures of Coyote.

This is a book that everyone living in Southern California should read ; in fact, it should be required reading in the schools.

However, I would like to see a second edition with commentary on the stories by contemporary Chumash peoples. Blackburn's beginning commentary, in my opinion, shows very little insight into the culture. These are amazing stories, but they are a little different than the mythology that most people are used to, so an insider's viewpoint on appreciating their special flavor would be very useful. Eventually, an entire commentary like rabbinical commentaries on the Torah will prove critical in demonstrating the inview on divinity and world these very special people have. A well-developed astrological system, a sophisticated notion of soul, an attunement with the creatures in this area ... there is much to be gleaned here.

We must learn the aboriginal patterns of this land. For anyone in the Southern California area, this is a good beginning.

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Although the Chumash Indians seem to have engendered greater interest and respect among early explorers and missionaries than perhaps did any other group in California, they remain to this day a people shrouded in relative obscurity-an obscurity scarcely warranted by their obvious technological sophistication and general level of cultural complexity. Read the first page
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Santa Barbara, Santa Inez, Santa Cruz Island, Juan Moynal, Fernando Librado, Maria Solares, Dos Pueblos, Sir Cat, Zaca Lake, Coyote of the Sky, San Luis Obispo, San Marcos, Don Alejandro, Maria Tomasa, Point Conception, Smithsonian Institution, Calvary Cemetery, Jose Maria, North America, Rafael Solares, San Fernando, San Joaquin Valley
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