As the Santa Ynez Chumash tribe’s largest cultural event ... At the same time, it promotes native self-reliance and pride, provides tribes a way to stay connected and allows elders to pass ...

Vestuto, speaks Mitsqanaqan̓. It is one of six languages that were used by the Chumash tribes that lived on California’s coast. It was the native tongue for the Ventureño people who lived in a ...

The Chumash people, which span several tribes, including the federally recognized Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians, have ...

A new exhibit at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History features the living art of Chumash basketry, a tradition with deep roots in the region. For thousands of years, baskets played essential ...

which will include input from the local Chumash tribes in how the area is preserved. Last year, the Yurok Tribe in Northern California also became the first Native people to manage tribal land ...