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Hueneme Beach also known as Weyenema which in the Ancient Chumash Indian Vocabulary means “Resting Place.” The Chumash Indians we’re widely known for their ocean traveling and second to none ability to make hand made boats that would hold up to the oceans treacherous waves and unforgiving winds, known to capsize and sink large steel vessels traveling these waters today. Chumash Indians frequently traveled the 12 mile journey from Hueneme Beach to the Channel Islands on Indigenous boats called Tomols. The boats were 10-20 feet long holding 10 indians at a time and resembled long canoes. The highly capable sewn plank canoes” Tomol “was made from driftwood redwood planks, plant fibers and tar. The Chumash also made smaller boats called Dugouts from Cedar trees. The oldest known human remains currently discovered as of today in the United States is a Femur bone that just so happens to have belonged to a Chumash Indian. This Historical discovery was located on Santa Rosa Island which is located amongst several other islands that form, what we know today as the Channel Islands.