What did the chumash Indians grow at mission san buenaventura?

Answer 1

For the most part the Chumash were forced to live at the mission by the Spanish military where they were enslaved, tortured, and buried in mass graves due to widespread disease contracted from their captors. It is true that some or many "converted" to Catholism, but mostly for their own survival and to avoid torture. Read "Breath of the Sun" by Fernando Librado for an eye witness account of life in the mission.

Answer 2

they mostly grew corn and plants to eat and keep themselves from starving.when they needed more protein they probabaly ate chicken. i don't exactly know if they ate the cows cause the cows provided milk for them. i really hope this answers your question:]

Answer 3

When the missionaries came in they took over lands that the Chumash had lived on for centuries and forced them into the mission . Some of the people went along with it and convinced the priests that had accepted the religion fostered on them, but in actually they kept to the old ways in secret. The mission put them to work tending the crops, livestock, and working on the mission itself. One of the biggest effects of this was the loss of Chumash culture, arts, and language. Today the Chumash language is almost extinct except for one or two people who still know it and they are in their 70's. In the last few years they have been trying to teach the younger members of the Chumash tribe the ways of their people.