Thursday, November 5, 2009

Chumash Museum

Today, I went to a museum. 
The museum was our local California Indian tribe called the Chumash (choo - mash). 
First we visited an ap, the Chumash home.
 
 An ap is a Chumash house made out of tule sticks. We also played this hunting game to help us practice catching rabbits. Instead of using the rabbits, we used wooden sticks. Since it was in the wilderness, we saw about 6 or 7 deer.

Next, we visited the museum. There were  sculptures of men, women and an eagle.

Here is a picture of a golden eagle. It was a powerful bird to the Chumash.


Panther, our guide, said that this is how the  Chumash dressed  for a ceremony.  The used red, white, and black paint on their bodies.

 In his nose is a really skinny bone.

Did you know Native's used to smoke out of a serpentine pipe?





After we saw the aps, we started heading back to the museum area and had lunch. After lunch, we drew on sticks and then after drawing on the sticks, we played a game with them. The game was so awesome. After we played the game, we learned a Chumash song. That was fun, too.

Would you like to go to the Chumash museum?
Also would you like to play all those games, go in the aps and, see all those deer?

31 comments:

Anonymous said...

Dear Nick,

It was awesome that there was a real mountain lion! I wish I was a chumash indian.

Your classmate,
Sam

Anonymous said...

Dear Sam,

I know it was awesome that we saw a real mountain lion. I also wish I was a chumash indian too!

From,


Nick

Anonymous said...

Dear Nick,
You have some great photos for your Chumash Indian post. Why didn't you take a picture of the Saber Tooth Tiger? Your blog is really The Nick COOL blog.

Your classmate,
Richie

Anonymous said...

Dear Nick,

I had a blast at the Chumash museum. I thought it was surprising that the Chumash Indians used real bones for nose rings.


From,
Gal

Anonymous said...

Dear Nick,

I love how you took many different pictures of the Chumash Indian's. It was amazing how in the Chumash's nose there is a real bone going through the nose! Would you want to be a Chumash Indian? I know I do.

Your friend,
Sydney

Nick said...

@ Richie,

Thanks for saying I took great photos. Also what do you mean by the saber tooth tiger. And thanks for saying my blog is really the Nick COOL Blog.

Sincerely,
Nick

Nick said...

@ Gal


It was surprising that the Chumash used a bone used as a nose ring.


Your friend,

Nick

Nick said...

@ Sydney,

Thanks for saying I took great pictures. I would really not be a Chumash Indian because you hunt for food. Why do you want to be a Chumash Indian.


Sincerely,
Nick

Anonymous said...

Dear Nck,

Thank you for the spectaculer coment!:] The best part about going to the Chumash Museuem is going into an App. In addition, I also enjoyed playing the bunny rabbit game because I felt I was a Chumash. Your are a magnificent blogger!:]

Your classmate,
Sam

Nick said...

@ Sam,

Thanks for saying I am a magnificent blogger. I felt like a Chumash too. I liked going in the app a lot too. You are also a really awesome blogger.

Your classmate,

Nick

Daddy said...

Nicky,

I want to go to that museum. That is so cool that your teacher took you there. I don't think I ever went to that type of place for a field trip. Will you ask your teacher if I can go with you next time?

Nick said...

@ Daddy,

I will ask my teacher if you can go next time. It was really cool and extraordinary. And I have never took that many pictures in my life in one day.

Love,

Nick

Anonymous said...

Nicky,
I want to go to this museum. It sounds and looks super cool. I love the pictures you posted. You are becoming quite the blogger these days. I can't wait to see what's next!!
Love, Mommy

Anonymous said...

Dear Nick,

I enjoyed reading your magnificent post. Yes I new that was a skinny bone. Your a spectacular blogger. In addition, Sam just showed me about blogs. I am glad to do my second comment on your blog and will be contributing mre of your posts.

Sams sister,
Julia

Mrs. Yollis said...

Dear Nick,

Wow! Not only do you have superior digital photos and interesting content in your post, you also have an excellent conversation going on in your comment section!

I am so impressed with you and Ben! Both of you are outstanding bloggers, and I can't wait to share your blogs with other teachers! (Hey, that's a compound sentence!)
:-)

Challenge to Nick and his readers:

Remember how we tried to learn five new facts from the field trip? Let's see how many NEW facts we can gather in this post! I'll start...

FACT 1: Chumash Indians lived in a dome-shaped shelter called an ap.


Great post, Nick!
Mrs. Yollis

Anonymous said...

@ Mommy,

I also can't wait to see whats next. I also wonder what my next field trip is.

Love,
Nick

Anonymous said...

@ Julia,

For your second comment on a blog that was a great one. Also thanks for saying I have a great post. ( Great Comment)


Your friend,
Nick

Anonymous said...

@ Mrs. Yollis,

I learned for dances Chumash boys wore a bone in their nose. Thanks for saying Ben and I are great bloggers. ( That was a compound sentence that you did. Also I took over 100 pictures on the Chumash field trip and was so amazed.

Your student,
Nick

Anonymous said...

Dear Nick,

My fact is I never knew that only girls make the howling call noise with their mouths. My other fact is that the Chumash Indians made a lot of food out of acorns.

From,
Charlie

Anonymous said...

Dear Nick,

I learned that Chumash used a hammer rock instead of a hammer.

From,
Trent :-)

Anonymous said...

Dear Nick,

My fact is that the Chumash would leave the Ap for plenty of months to gather food.

Your classmate,
Sam

Nick said...

@ Charlie,

I also never knew that the girls made the noises out of their mouths.

( Fantastic Comment)

Your friend,
Nick

Nick said...

@ Sam,

I never knew that. I would like to be a Chumash like that would you.? :)

Sincerely,
Nick

Nick said...

@ Mrs. Yollis,

When were in the computer lab today we got a lot of challengers about what they learned.

Your student,
Nick

Anonymous said...

Dear Nick,

Thank you for writing back to me. And thanks for saying I wrote a great comment. I went to the museum trip also,and it was preety cool.

Your friend,
Julia
(from Mrs.Wilson's class)

Anonymous said...

@ Julia,

Wasn't fun. What was not fun about it? Well you are a great commenter. I think I'm publishing another post today. Come back to my blog and see later in the day.

Your blogging buddy,
Nick

Anonymous said...

Dear Nick,

Thank you more than any one says in the future and the past for commenting back at my sister(Julia)! She told me what she what she did,nt like about it was learning the facts but she did learn a fact. It is the one I knew! Yes Nick, because they would get the fruit and vitamans to live.

Your blogging buddy,
Sam

Nick said...

@ Sam,

I agree with you. Your sister Julia can comment on my blog any time she feels like it. You can too. Hope your ready to leave another comment soon because I am making a post about Thanksgiving.

Sincerely,
Nick

Anonymous said...

@ Nick
What I ment by Sabertooth tiger is a Bobcat.By the way,your welcome.

From,
Richie

Anonymous said...

@ Richie,

Thanks for telling me that it was the Sabertooth tiger. I never knew that is was a bobcat.

Sincerely,
Nick

Nick said...

@ Trent,

Thanks for the awesome comment. That's really cool what you learned, and I didn't know that.

Nick