Indigenous tribes across the nation, including Chumash tribes on the Central Coast, have been advocating for decades to get the remains back. Some feel the process is taking too long. Nakia Zavalla is ...
Now, in the first partnership of its kind, the area will soon be part of a new national marine sanctuary that Native people will co-steward with a federal agency. It will give the Chumash people ...
More than 1,000 Chumash artifacts were collected during excavation work at the site of PG&E’s Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant. Excavations took place for the Los Angeles County Museum of ...
Sponsors include the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office, Santa Ynez Valley Union High School Pirate Garage, and the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians. To donate directly, visit ...
When James Terry came to San Luis Obispo County in 1875, he did not leave empty-handed. Roughly 15 years later, the five human skulls his expedition took from indigenous burial sites across the ...
The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians is one step closer to putting 1,390 acres into federal trust, with committee passage of House Bill 1157. The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians welcomed the ...
With the remains deemed “culturally unidentifiable” until recently, the museum has begun work with local Chumash tribes to review, inventory and return the remains, as well as others belonging ...
With the remains deemed “culturally unidentifiable” until recently, the museum has begun work with local Chumash tribes to review, inventory and return the remains, as well as others belonging to ...