The central California coast, with its rugged beaches and kelp forests, draws a lot of visitors for its scenic beauty. For the Chumash people, the coastline means a lot more. "Almost all the places ...

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The sanctuary comes nearly a decade after it was originally nominated by the late Chief Fred Collins of the Northern Chumash Tribal Council in 2015. “When he passed away three years ago … he asked me ...

Holding a big check, symbolizing a big contribution, are Kim Sheehan, left, superintendent for Santa Ynez Valley Union High School; Kenneth Kahn, tribal ...

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 ...

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