Coastal Band of the Chumash Nation –Obispo (SLO) –Tejon (Kern) –Venturan (Vta) Cuyama (C. Valley) Island (Channel Islands) Kagismuwas (Vandenberg) Malibu Samala (SY)

Only federally recognized band Government: General Council All memebers, 21 yrs. + Elected Tribal officers: chairperson vice-chairperson Secretary-Treasurer Indian Reorganization Act, 1934 Articles of Association Feb 7, 1964

Though the Santa Ynez is the only federally recongized band of Chumash Indians with a reservation, other bands have and are still pushing to get recognition and possibly land of their own …

National Reserve, federal land 76 miles of Coastline 200,000 acres of land Entirely within Santa Barbara County Coal Oil Point to Pt. Sal (coast) Inland to W. edge SY valley Inshore coastal waters included

10% of the land under study/ 20,000 acres From Dos Pueblos Canyon to Refugio Canyon homeland for descendents of Barbareno Protect historical & religious sites on that land

Because they are not federally recognized, it hinders the Barbareno’s abilities to claim & defend land or get involved with the government Some of the land studied is privately owned, so there is conflict b/w the property owners, the government, and the environmentalists Under all that commotion, the Chumash are somewhat being ignored & their issue is not on the top of the government’s priority list The Gaviota Coast study started in 2000, but the land is still not a National Reserve yet

The Chumash battle for land, recognition, and the preservation of their culturally significant sites still rages on...