SANTA YNEZ, CA — November 14, 2025 — The City of Buellton formally recognized Native American Heritage Month during its Nov. 13 City Council meeting by signing a proclamation honoring the Santa Ynez ...

Traditional dancing are among the activities visitors can experience at Chumash Culture Day. (Courtesy photo) The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians will host California-style Native American singing, ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. SANTA YNEZ, CA — October 7, 2024 — The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians will host California-style Native American singing, ...

The city of Buellton formally recognized Native American Heritage Month during its Nov. 13 City Council meeting by signing a proclamation honoring the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians and the ...

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 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 ...