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 ...

Two tribal nations applied to establish new ocean protections on the Central Coast — but so far, the state seems poised to ...

SANTA YNEZ, CA – July 23, 2024 – The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians and Medicine Wheel Ride are teaming up for the “We Ride For Her” event from 2-6 p.m. on Thursday, July 25, 2024, at the Tribal ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. SANTA YNEZ, CA – April 16, 2024 – The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Foundation is still accepting grant applications for ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Biden administration, members of Congress and Native tribes commemorated the designation of the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary on Monday — the first such preserve in California to be ...

With the tribe's three pieces of original artwork behind them, artist Bobby Duran, a Chumash community member, left, poses for a photo with Laura Colgate, a Chumash community member and Elders ...

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 ...

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 ...