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At some museums and universities, the remains of indigenous people are sitting in boxes for researchers to study or to be viewed by the public. Indigenous tribes across the nation, including Chumash tribes on the Central Coast, have been advocating for decades to get the remains back. Some feel the process is taking too long.
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UC Santa Barbara students are dipping their toes into the filmmaking process. Every summer the university hosts a nine week course where students team up to create an original documentary about the coast. One team uncovered the story of a forgotten Chumash island called Quwa' in the Goleta Slough. It was destroyed by the federal government in the 1940s to build the Santa Barbara Airport.
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An Indigenous women's group, Medicine Wheel Ride, is coming to the Central Coast on Thursday to raise awareness about missing and murdered Native American women nationwide.
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A local Chumash artist completed a new mural on Cambria’s post office. It’s meant to honor Chumash heritage and raise awareness about a proposed national marine sanctuary that would protect 150 miles of coastline in the San Luis Obispo County area.
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A new documentary tells the story of an indigenous man based in Ventura who's been working to save a traditional Chumash craft. He builds tomols — canoes that local tribes used for thousands of years in coastal waters.
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The proposed Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary is approaching the final steps in its designation process. The federal government is expected to hold a public review of the proposal next month.
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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is holding a lease sale for offshore wind projects off the coast of California today. Three of the five areas of ocean are off the coast of Morro Bay, in an area that’s culturally significant to local indigenous tribes.
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Last week the Chumash Fire Department in Santa Ynez was honored by tribal leadership and the U.S. Forest Service for their work during fire season. The department was established to train and prepare firefighters for working with the forest service.
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Today is Indigenous People’s Day and the release of Netflix’s newest show, Spirit Rangers. The show is created by a Santa Ynez Chumash community member, who's now the first California Native American showrunner to premiere on the streaming service.
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The National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration today announced that it is starting a process to designate a marine sanctuary off the Central Coast as the Chumash National Heritage Marine Sanctuary.