1. Chumash, any of several related North American Indian groups speaking a Hokan language

2. Chumash or Chu·mash·es A member of any of a group of Hokan-speaking Native American peoples formerly inhabiting the southern California coastal

3. Southwest basketry incorporates many construction styles, but can be loosely grouped into four divisions, that of the Apache and Navajo (the southern Athabascans,) the Hokan peoples, the Puebloans, and the Uto-Aztecans