Kuya'mu was a Native American village of the

Chumash people The Chumash are a Native Americans in the United States, Native American people of the central and southern coastal regions of California, in portions of what is now Kern County, California, Kern, San Luis Obispo County, California, San Luis O ...

located on the

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in the modern-day county of Santa Barbara,

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in the

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. 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

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coast, at the site of the current Dos Pueblos in the city of

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. To its west, across the Dos Pueblos Creek, was the adjacent coastal village of

Mikiw Mikiw 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 Sebastián Vizcaíno expedition stopped by the Goleta Valley and the nearby Chumash villa ...

. In August 1769, the Spanish missionary and explorer

Juan Crespí Juan Crespí, OFM (Catalan language, Catalan: ''Joan Crespí''; 1 March 1721 – 1 January 1782) was a Franciscan missionary and explorer of The Californias, Las Californias. Biography A native of Majorca, Crespí entered the Franciscan ord ...

recorded that

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."

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Former Native American populated places in California Chumash populated places {{NorthAm-native-stub