The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians has been on a 40 year journey to create a Chumash museum of our very own. This footage was captured in May, during the “topping off” ceremony; a long-standing tradition of construction workers, particularly steel workers, to commemorate the completion of a building's structure – specifically the placement of the final steel beam or girder truss. In keeping with this tradition, the girder placed atop the Chumash Museum and Cultural Center was adorned with a

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The Chumash have been a maritime culture for thousands of years, with their territory stretching from Malibu to Morro Bay and westward to the sandstone cliffs of the Channel Islands, over 20 miles off the coast of California. To navigate the treacherous currents of the channel for fishing and trading, they built the strong plank canoe tomols for which they are famous. But over centuries of European colonization, which included forced assimilation and enslavement of Chumash people, the craft of t

☀️ #TodayinHistory: On October 18, 1587, the Luzones Indios landed on indigenous Chumash land (now Morro Bay, California). They were the first recorded people from the Philippines to set foot in what is now the United States. These Luzones Indios were highly-skilled navigators and experienced sailors who aided the Spaniards in navigating the vast waters of Asia and the Pacific. 🇲🇱 The Luzones people have a long and fascinating history in both Asia and the Americas. For example, they both aided