Northern Chumash Tribe of San Luis Obispo County and Region has been awarded a grant toward reclaiming a historic piece of ...

A screen of fog lifted to reveal a bright blue stretch of the Pacific Ocean on Monday — unveiling what will soon be the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary. The Northern Chumash Tribal Council ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On a warm, windless morning, members of the yak titʸu titʸu yak tiłhini Northern Chumash Tribe carried a candle-like flame up a ...

The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians donated $15,000 to Hospice of Santa Barbara (HSB), supporting ongoing patient care services for some 800 people annually in the Santa Barbara community. Patient ...

SANTA YNEZ, CA – December 10, 2025 – The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians recently donated $25,000 to the Central Coast Marine Corps Reserves Toys for Tots campaign, marking the 22nd consecutive ...

Crystal Bermudez is your community news reporter covering northern Santa Barbara County, including the Santa Maria, Lompoc and Santa Ynez valleys. After two decades of vision, persistence, and ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. SANTA YNEZ, CA — November 12, 2024 — The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians has announced that its annual Chumash Charity Golf ...

The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians has been awarded a $1,426,000 federal grant to support plans for the construction of an additional 8.7 miles of contiguous multi-use path that provides the tribe ...

John Johnson, a leading scholar of Chumash Indian culture and head of the anthropology department at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, joins Larry Mantle to talk about his DNA studies which ...

On a warm, windless morning, members of the yak titʸu titʸu yak tiłhini Northern Chumash Tribe carried a candle-like flame up a hill in San Luis Obispo. Slowly, ytt Tribal Chair Mona Olivas Tucker ...