Two centuries ago, the Chumash people living in the mission system rose up against their Spanish and Mexican rulers, launching a coordinated uprising and taking over three strongholds — Mission La ...

The Santa Ynez Chumash Museum and Cultural Center, which opened less than a month ago with a construction budget of $32 ...

The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians' Environmental Department hosted an Earth Day celebration at Kitiyepumu’ Park from 10 am to 2 pm on Saturday May 21, 2022. It was a zero-waste event that ...

The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians’ Environmental Department will host its annual free Chumash Earth Day event, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, May 3, at ...

SANTA YNEZ, Calif., May 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians has announced that the highly anticipated Santa Ynez Chumash Museum and Cultural Center will open to the ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Members of the Chumash community will celebrate their 20th Tomol Crossing to the Channel Islands on Saturday. "Our tomol culture was put to sleep for a long time, for 150 ...

The Chumash initiative, decades in the works, was bolstered in 2015 when the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, under President Barack Obama, accepted the tribe’s formal application.

An elder of the Barbareño Chumash community has been selected as grand marshal of the 2023 Old Spanish Days Fiesta Parade in Santa Barbara — a first-time occurrence for the mainstay event.

Elewaut said mostly Chumash and eventually Spaniards and Mexicans were buried at the mission from its founding in 1782 until 1862, with the opening of Ventura's St. Mary's Cemetery, now Cemetery ...

You’re also encouraged to bring your gently used clothing items for a clothing swap. “We’re looking forward to coming together with the community for our 17 th annual Chumash Earth Day gathering,” ...

The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians has announced that the highly anticipated Santa Ynez Chumash Museum and Cultural Center will open to the public on Thursday, May 15.