| Book Review | The Western Historical Quarterly, 37.2

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| Book Review | The Western Historical Quarterly, 37.2 | The History Cooperative

*The Island Chumash: Behavioral Ecology of a Maritime Society*. By Douglas J. Kennett. (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2005. xii + 298 pp. Illustrations, tables, bibliography, index. $60.00.)
On Saturday, 11 September 2004, a group of Chumash paddlers gathered to cross the Santa Barbara Channel in a tomol named the 'Eleye'wun, "The Swordfish." The prayers, dances, offerings, and words from the gathered Chumash elders underscored the importance of the event. This was only the second time (first, 2001) since the 1870s that a tomol, a traditional wooden plank boat, made the ten-hour crossing to Limuw (Santa Cruz Island). To the Chumash, Limuw is where the Earth goddess Hutash first planted the seeds that created humans. For observers and participants alike, the crossing was a celebration of the resiliency of the Chumash people, and of an earlier way of life. But the day's events were also a reminder of loss, of the tragic history and events that decimated the Chumash people.	1
Douglas J. Kennett's book offers remarkable insights of the many thousands of years the Chumash dominated California's Central Coast and Santa Barbara Channel Islands. His account is one of a dynamic people, adapting and responding to periods of punctuated ecological challenge and opportunity. The growing complexity of Chumash social organization and survival strategies offers a compelling example of human initiative and cultural innovation.	. . .

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