#chumash — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #chumash, aggregated by home.social.
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Chumash Heritage Garden opens in San Luis Obispo https://www.allforgardening.com/1850422/chumash-heritage-garden-opens-in-san-luis-obispo/ #BotanicalGarden #chumash #garden #Indigenous #SanLuisObispo
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Fun time this afternoon with students from EP Foster School touring the Chumash Indian Museum in Lang Ranch and learning about 15,000+ years of history in our area.
Photo 2: The kids and I learned about building a tomol (canoe) out of redwood, thread, and tar.
Photo 3: I had no idea there are caves in Lang Ranch, let alone pictograms on the cave walls. This is a reproduction, but it shows actual drawings from caves in Oakbrook Park and surrounding areas.
Photo 1: The kids and I made cool abalone necklaces from shells and beads in red, white, yellow, and black – th primary colors found in many Chumash pictographs and other art.
The Chumash Museum will reopen to the public June 6, and needs volunteers! Contact [email protected] for details.
#chumash #chumashmuseum #langranch #thousandoaks #conejovalley #tocc
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🙏 Join me in donating to help fund a chalk art square by amazing #Chumash #artist 🎨, John Khus, at the 40th annual i Madonnari Event Street Painting Festival! The festival is a fundraiser for the Children's Creative Project 🎉
https://gofund.me/9b30e6aa7👀 Check out John's post on this at
https://www.facebook.com/John.Khus.Artist/👉 The festival will take place for 3 days (Memorial Day Weekend) at the Old Mission in Santa Barbara. I wish I could go!
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7. When voting, I will do more to determine a political candidate’s position on things that are important to #Native nations
--> this one is tough because the elections that happened in this time were small and candidates often didn't have websites. So I voted for people who mentioned inclusivity and/or environmental preservation in their statements because these are values I have seen Indigenous Nations prioritize8. Volunteer for the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden (SBBG) to help with the environmental restoration of a #Chumash sacred site (Shalawa)
--> I volunteered for SBBG restoration projects, but not at the Shalawa (Hammond’s) Meadow because it wasn’t offered when I was in town. Also, it looks like, while a Chumash leader approved of the work before it started, the way the work is being conducting is not approved of by other Chumash people (https://www.independent.com/2023/10/04/is-hammonds-meadow-in-montecito-being-done-dirty/). I also learned more about the relationship the SBBG has with Chumash people https://nerdculture.de/@CorinaLogan/115730242158552270 -
It's been almost a year since I made my #LandAcknowledgment action plan and so much has happened in this time. Here is an update...
1. Starting in 2024, I will make an annual donation to The SPACE, which is a Chumash-run organization working to share their culture through education and art with all people.
--> ✅2. I will contact the Wishtoyo #Chumash Foundation fall 2025 to see if I can join their environmental restoration efforts
--> ✅ but no response so I talked with Mia Lopez about whether there are such opportunities. She said there will be when the Dos Pueblos Ranch acquisition goes through (https://northernchumash.org/dos-pueblos/)3. I will contact UCSB in fall 2025 to see what actions they are taking/planning to take to build relationships with Chumash people and reconnect them with their land
--> ✅ but no responses from Chancellors Yang or Assanis -
After a tough stretch in the crisis center, I'm slowly catching up on the YouTube education I missed.
Just finished a fantastic Moth Light Media video on Quetzalcoatlus — towering pterosaur god of the skies. Absolutely wild.
And right after a deep dive into the Chumash? That’s a cosmic syllabus.
🦅🌀🛸
https://youtu.be/r3Y79L1jpXk?si=btg9oBfUl3w92yf6
#Paleontology #Quetzalcoatlus #MothLightMedia #IndigenousHistory #Chumash #YouTubeEdu #MentalHealthRecovery
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📽️ New Ancient Americas video just dropped—this time on the Chumash!
Highly recommend if you're into deep-cut Indigenous history before Columbus. Not the usual Cherokee/Iroquois/Sioux rehash—this dives into coastal California, tomols, shell currency, and more.
The Chumash deserve more attention.
🔗 https://youtu.be/PRd0vv24zjk?si=xPVXynFQnPwfwK6D
#IndigenousHistory #Chumash #PreColumbian #NativeAmerica #HistoryTube #Education
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Apparently this was a valued food of the Chumash here, but the pits... the pits are poisonous, but you can leach the poisons out before cooking. Similar to acorns. I wonder who figured out you had to leach all these plants before they could be eaten, and the process, 10,000 plus years ago?!?!
https://yankeebarbareno.com/2012/09/13/holly-leaved-cherries/
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In North America, the oldest reliably identified human remains are 13,000 years old. They were found on one of California's Channel Islands. Humans had settlements on the islands that date back thousands of years. After Spanish colonization, many were removed by force and were made to work as virtual slaves in the mission system.
#channelislands
#californiahistory
#indigenouspeoples
#Chumash
https://secretlosangeles.com/channel-islands-california-oldest-human-remains-north-america/ -
#AmericanIndianAirwaves welcomes John Kush of the #Chumash community to discuss the upcoming international #IndigenousArt exhibit #DecolonizeNativeArt (D.N.A.) with #art from #IndigenousArtists across Turtle Island
https://soundcloud.com/burntswamp/decolonize-native-art-international-exhibit-in-the-chumash-nation
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#Biden-#Harris Administration, #NOAA designate 3rd-largest national marine sanctuary
https://www.noaa.gov/news-release/biden-harris-administration-noaa-designate-3rd-largest-national-marine-sanctuary"#Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary (including #KelpForests, rocky #reefs, sandy beaches, underwater mountains and more than 200 #shipwrecks) to be managed with #tribal, #Indigenous community involvement... With this designation, the administration has now conserved more than 45 million acres of lands and waters."
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"More than 4,500 square miles of ocean will soon be...a new national marine sanctuary, which...is also the first to be led by Indigenous people. It was nominated by members of the Northern #Chumash Tribe, who drove the effort for more than a decade to protect the rugged coastline that is their historical homeland.
...It marks a growing movement under the #Biden administration to give tribes a say over the lands and waters that were taken from them."
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Lucy Sherriff: US approves first-ever tribal marine sanctuary: ‘Our community’s hard work has come to fruition’
"After years of campaigning by Indigenous Americans in central #California, the US has finally approved the country’s first Indigenous-nominated national marine sanctuary, a 4,543 sq mile expanse of ocean that will protect marine life from mining and oil drilling.
The #Chumash Heritage national marine sanctuary – which will be nearly four times the size of Yosemite national park – will stretch along 116 miles of the California coastline that supports a number of at-risk species, including southern sea otters, abalone and blue whales. The area is also home to critical kelp forests, which not only provide food and shelter for marine life, but also act as a carbon storage system – they can sequester up to 20 times as much carbon as terrestrial forests."
#nativeamericans
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/19/tribal-marine-sanctuary-chumash-heritage -
Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary
“Compromises were made, but I think that's the way we also move forward with addressing climate change. Dealing with renewable green energy is not always easy.” - Violet Sage Walker, chairwoman of the Northern #Chumash Tribal Council, who led the campaign for the sanctuary. https://www.npr.org/2024/10/13/nx-s1-5147914/the-u-s-gets-a-new-national-marine-sanctuary-the-first-led-by-a-tribe
#IndigenousPeoplesDay #NationalMarineSanctuary #California #PacificOcean #CentralCoast #NOAA #WindEnergy #ClimateChange
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The US gets a new national marine sanctuary, the first led by a tribe
https://www.npr.org/2024/10/13/nx-s1-5147914/the-u-s-gets-a-new-national-marine-sanctuary-the-first-led-by-a-tribe #USpol"More than 4,500 sq miles of #ocean will soon be protected by the federal government off the Central #California coast... the new #Chumash Heritage National #MarineSanctuary will be managed in partnership with #tribes, #Indigenous groups in the area... It marks a growing movement under the #Biden-#Harris admin to give tribes a say over the lands and waters that were taken from them"
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Federal agency approves new marine sanctuary off Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties https://www.kclu.org/2024-10-11/finally-federal-agency-approves-new-marine-sanctuary-off-santa-barbara-and-san-luis-obispo-counties
"#NOAA approves plan for 4500 square mile #Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary... The sanctuary would help protect everything from #kelp forests to sandy beaches. It also would provide new protections for Chumash cultural heritage in the region... The #NorthernChumash Tribal Council has been championing creation of the sanctuary, first proposing it in 2015."
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Chumash Rock Art at Vandenberg 🚀
⏩ 2 new pictures from U.S. Space Force/Command (DVIDS) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles?limit=2&user=OptimusPrimeBot&ilshowall=1&offset=20241002111632
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...tribes, such as the #Yurok, #Karuk, #Hupa, #Miwok, and #Chumash in #California:
"For more than 13,000 years...hundreds of...tribes 👉across...the world used small intentional burns to renew local food, medicinal and cultural resources, create habitat for animals, and reduce the risk of larger, more dangerous wild fires."👈
The Spanish conquerors first prohibited this...
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For many years, the Santa Monica Mountains sustained the #Chumash and #Tongva / #Gabrielino cultures.
Sycamore Canyon, which cuts through }#Rancho #Sierra #Vista/Satwiwa and #Point #Mugu State Park, was part of a Chumash trade route.
#Satwiwa, which means "the bluffs," was the name of a nearby Chumash village.
To reflect this heritage, Satwiwa Native American Indian #Culture #Center and #Natural #Area was established by the National Park Service in partnership with the Friends of Satwiwa.
A Native American guest host or a park ranger is on hand to answer questions from 9am to 4pm on Saturdays and Sundays.
Native American workshops, programs and art shows occur throughout the year.
Call for information on accessibility parking.
Activities
• Hiking (easy, moderate, strenuous)
• Picnicking
• Trail running
• Bird watching
• Dog walking
• Wildlife viewing
• Wildflower viewing
• Store
• Ranger stationhttps://www.nps.gov/samo/planyourvisit/satwiwa-native-american-indian-culture-center.htm
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Indigenous Group "Condemns" Viral Chiefs Fan For Headdress And Face Paint
https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/740210-viral-chiefs-fan-indigenous-community-response
> The #SantaYnez Band of #Chumash Indians has condemned the decision of a young member of their community to wear a headdress and face paint to a #Chiefs game.
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#SouternCalifornia landscape and region cannot be understood without listening to the stories of #Indigenous people who managed the land and thrived for thousands of years before the arrival of European settlers.
In this project, our team blended geographers, historians, and biologists with representatives of three tribes — #Chumash, #Tataviam, and #Gabrieleño — to undertake a collective investigation of six village sites and their natural features as they would have existed before European arrival.
The resulting effort, funded by the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation since 2020, blends different approaches to understanding and describing the landscape to produce a set of parallel products that describe the six village sites in detail and provide detailed maps of the natural environment, its flora and fauna, and tools to understand its influence into the modern era for the region.
This project is unique because a commonly shared, detailed map of the historical ecology—the flora, fauna, hydrology, and landforms, that evolved within Southern California’s Mediterranean climate over millennia and supported human populations for 9,000 years, has not previously been developed.
Individually and cumulatively, the results of this research are vital resources to all regional and local planning efforts involving sustainability, habitat restoration, and preparing for climate change.
This project is also unique also because four of its co-Principal Investigators are members of the Indigenous peoples of the Los Angeles Basin (Gabrieleño, Tataviam, and Chumash).
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Interesting article on a "cultural burn" in Santa Barbara, the first in generations. #wildfires #PrescribeFire #Chumash https://www.edhat.com/news/chumash-cultural-burn-reignites-ancient-practice-for-wilderness-conservation/
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Proposed #California coastal marine sanctuary betrays the tribe that fought for it for decades by turning the area they fought for into an energy extraction zone.
Public comments sought “to ensure windfarm developers are held to stricter environmental regulations. Leaving out the Morro Bay to Cambria stretch also means the area can be exploited for oil drilling and deep sea mining.”
https://chumashsanctuary.org/public-comment/
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I made this on a whim mostly based on memory & looking up meanings on wikipedia, so it's not exhaustive. But central coast (in the overly broad sense that I'm even including Malibu and Simi) places in CA with Chumash origins. Most of these now towns that were once Chumash villages.
#chumash #language #CentralCoast #CaliforniaHistory #LandBack
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Proposed National #Marine Sanctuary open for comments until Oct. 25th.
The Northern #Chumash #Tribal Council submitted the sanctuary nomination in 2015. #NOAA's proposed designation would protect marine ecosystems and highlight the cultural values and connections of #Indigenous communities.
See this link to comment https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/chumash-heritage/#marinesanctuary #nativeamerican #NOAA #map #gaviota #MorroBay #pismobeach