At 70, she heeded her Chumash calling to bend rushes into baskets
https://misryoum.com/us/lifestyle/at-70-she-heeded-her-chumash-calling-to/
Around 1915, the last known Chumash basket maker, Candelaria Valenzuela, died in Ventura County, and with her went a skill that had been fundamental to the Indigenous people who lived for thousands of years in the coastal regions between...
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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!
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 prioritize
8. 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.
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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
📽️ 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
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/
Season 8 Episode 9 "Homecoming"
#RandomBaywatch #lvdlpx #Baywatch #Sand #Beach #Indians #Chumash #Native #Ritual #HomecomingS8
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