SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - "This is Chumash Land" could be seen spray-painted in red on a wall near Old Mission Santa Barbara Friday morning. It is unknown at this time who vandalized the wall on private ...

The Fund for Santa Barbara has launched the Chumash Reparative Action Fund with an initial $25,000 offering that supports the Northern Chumash Tribal Council’s work to reclaim ancestral land at Dos ...

Santa Barbarians enjoy shouting “Viva La Fiesta!” as we celebrate Old Spanish Days — but what if we also celebrated Old Chumash Days? What would we shout then? Speaking for myself, I knew nothing ...

The Chumash were master seafarers, navigating the Santa Barbara Channel in their renowned tomol — plank canoes built from driftwood, natural tar and plant fibers. These vessels connected mainland ...

At Kitiyepumu’ Park last weekend, more than 250 people gathered to celebrate the 17th annual Chumash Earth Day. Electric vehicles picked up folks at the Tribal Hall parking lot and brought them to the ...

Born in Santa Maria, Ernest Houston thought he would work in the oil fields like his father. Instead, he’s working with the Northern Chumash Tribal Council to establish the Chumash Heritage National ...

On a warm, windless morning, members of the yak titʸu titʸu yak tiłhini Northern Chumash Tribe carried a candle-like flame up a hill in San Luis Obispo. Slowly, ytt Tribal Chair Mona Olivas Tucker ...

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For more than 10,000 years, Native Americans have been living along California’s central coast, an area of breathtaking beauty with stunning turquoise waters rich in biodiversity. Now, in the first ...

The California Coastal Commission is requiring consevation of thousands of acres surrounding the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant, but has not mandated return of the land to the ytt Northern Chumash ...

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