Kuya'mu, California

Kuya'mu was a Native American village of the Chumash people located in the modern-day county of Santa Barbara, California in the United States.

In 1602, the Viscaino expedition stopped by the Goleta Valley and the nearby Chumash village of Mikiw, known today as Dos Pueblos . The village was situated on the Pacific coast, at the site of the current Dos Pueblos in the city of Goleta, California.[1][2] To its west, across the Dos Pueblos Creek, was the adjacent coastal village of Mikiw.

In August 1769, the Spanish missionary and explorer Juan Crespí recorded that Mikiw and Kiya'mu were "very large villages with vast numbers of people and a great many houses in each, where they have their towns at the very edge of the sea."[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Lynn H. Gamble (2008), The Chumash world at European contact: power, trade, and feasting among complex hunter-gatherers, University of California Press, ISBN 0-520-25441-4, ... The two settlements on either side of Dos Pueblos Creek, at the ocean's edge, undoubtedly impressed Crespi ...
  2. Justin Ruhge (2011-04-01), A History of Goleta Valley, California, Goleta Valley Chamber of Commerce, retrieved 2014-01-20, ... In 1602, the Viscaino expedition stopped by the Goleta Valley and the nearby Chumash village of Mikiw, known today as Dos Pueblos ...


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