The Santa Ynez Chumash Museum and Cultural Center is a 14,000-square-foot facility that showcases a portion of more than 24,000 cultural items in the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians' collection ...

Shell beads served as currency, exchanged alongside dried fish, baskets and obsidian tools for inland goods. The tomol represented more than transportation; it embodied Chumash engineering brilliance.

The Northern Chumash Tribal Council celebrated the pending designation of the Chumash Heritage Marine Sanctuary at their Indigenous People’s Day event in Pismo Beach on Oct. 14, 2024.

Chumash Charity Golf Classic raises $135,000 for local nonprofits Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians By News Channel 3-12 Published November 12, 2024 9:30 pm ...

Gerardo Werthein, October 3, 2018. Gerardo Werthein, Argentina’s new Minister of Foreign Affairs, was sworn in by President Javier Milei on a Chumash, the five books of Moses in modern book form.

Dancers perform during celebration of "Indigenous Peoples' Day Picnic In The Park 2024" and Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary at Dinosaur Caves Park, Pismo Beach on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024.

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 ...

Chumash people in California to co-steward marine sanctuary in historic partnership For more than 10,000 years, Native Americans have been living along California’s central coast. Slide 1 of 7 ...

Dancers perform during celebration of "Indigenous Peoples' Day Picnic In The Park 2024" and Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary at Dinosaur Caves Park, Pismo Beach on Monday, October. 14, 2024.