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A natural resource is any material or substance that exists in nature and is used by humans for various purposes. Examples include water, minerals, air, sunlight, and trees. Natural resources can take many forms, from raw materials like oil and gas to renewable resources like wind and solar energy.
One natural resource of California is petroleum, though the state has many such resources. Their booming tourism industry is also considered a natural resource, because it fits the definition of something that is useful and is native to an area.
The Chumash of California were originally a large tribe of perhaps 20,000 people but they have declined considerably in numbers and their language is practically extinct (although there are currently efforts being made to teach the language to tribal members).The Chumash language is now classified as unlike any other native American language; this also means that no other tribes are very closely related to the Chumash people.The neighbouring Salinan people share many cultural traits (loose tribal organisation, hunter/gatherer lifestyle, very small local populations and so on) but are not considered to be related.
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California's rich environmental resources reduced the need to struggle for existence amongst the many tribes. From the Achumawi to the Chumash, to the Luiseno, Miwok, Mono, Pomo, Shasta, Wiyots, Yokuts and Yurok were many more tribes established. I believe there are more than seventy Federally-recognized tribal ethnicities recognized in California. The related link listed below groups them into various geographical regions for your more intense perusal.
water is a natural resource because it is used for cooking , drinking , bathing , and ,many other use because water is all around us.
Steel is not a natural resource. It is a metallic alloy of iron and carbon. Iron is the natural resource and mining it has and will have many consequences on the environment. Iron will be harder and hard to mine and steel now has become one of the most recycled metals.
According to an internet search, the population of Chumash is around 5,000.
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the most important natural resource for their survival was water
Rich soil for growing many plants, such as cigerett, soybeans, melons, and cotton.
There are many tribes with many languages and we need to know a particular tribe to answer. Some Native American languages also no longer exist for various reasons. A few years ago I met the last Native speaker of the Chumash tribe while doing research at UC Santa Barbara history department. When she dies there will no one who knows the Chumash language.