Translation of the Law of Waters in Force in the Island of Cuba Book

Compiled in 1988 by the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, this is a good collection of information to use as a reference or introduction into Santa Barbara history & Chumash studies. However, there are many questions left unanswered by the text, mainly about citations and how the assumptions stated in the text came to be regarded as fact. But while some things may be called into question, there are many citations from the historical and archaeological and ethnographic records that shed light on the Chumash ways of life pre-and mid- Mission Period in California. The information in this book is presented in an easily accessible way, with the sections being broken up so that they cover different aspects of the material, physical, and social cultures of the many Chumash villages that lived along the Santa Barbara Channel. I will continue to use this book as a reference as I move forward in my studies of Santa Barbara, California, and Indigenous histories.