The Chumash themselves never lived in the caves or alcoves where rock art exists. “We go to caves to do a ceremony and have a vision,” Padilla said. “Outside of the caves we’ll pray and ...

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE -- At an elevation of 1,400 feet, the Chumash Honda Ridge rock art site towers over the Pacific Ocean, as if on the edge of the ...

Madonna enconchada from Mission La Purísima. Thanks to the Santa Barbara Historical Museum and the UCSB Art, Design & Architecture Museum, one of the best shows from Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA will ...

A faceless Statue of Liberty with flowing, black hair dons a colorful array of Indigenous tattoos. The white “Be Human” book ...

Re "Scouts Gather Acorns Amid Controversy Over Oak Grove," Nov. 13: Boy Scouts harvesting acorns from Lang Ranch's doomed ancient oaks may like to know how for thousands of years the Chumash ...

• Celebrates baskets in Chumash traditional culture and today • Describes connections between baskets and landscape • Free talk by the curator February 3 at 7:30 PM . A new exhibit at the Santa ...

Culture, sustainability, art, and education at recently opened Santa Ynez Chumash Museum. By Jarrod Zinn. May 22, ... The Santa Ynez Valley is home to a new museum celebrating the Chumash tribe.

Eating acorn mush with your fingers is “axlup̓etš.” The online document comes from work by Timothy Henry-Rodriguez, a linguist and lecturer at CSU Fullerton, who studies indigenous language.

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE -- At an elevation of 1,400 feet, the Chumash Honda Ridge rock art site towers over the Pacific Ocean, as if on the edge of the ...