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Coastal Band of the Chumash Nation, their historical territory, north of Los Angeles, includes parts of the coastal counties of Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Kern, and Ventura. The Coastal band of the Chumash Nation applied for recognition in 1981. [49] Cuyama Chumash, from the Cuyama Valley. Island Chumash, from the Channel Islands.
Coastal schooners and other small sailing ships transported cargo such as lumber and produce along the coast of North America through the waters of what is now the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary during the entire combined history of control of the area by the Spanish Empire, Mexico, and the United States. [7]
In July 2015, the Northern Chumash Tribal Council submitted aa nomination of the ocean area off the Gaviota Coast for inclusion in a national marine sanctuary. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] After a positive review of the nomination, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) began the process of designating the Chumash Heritage National Marine ...
The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians, which has territory overlapping with the sanctuary and is the only federally recognized Chumash tribe, has been designated as NOAA's key Indigenous partner.
NOAA’s proposal for the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary “potentially opens up a 30-mile corridor of ‘anything goes,’ ”one Indigenous leader said.
Records show that the Chumash have occupied the area for about 18,000 years, he said. On the coast, the Chumash fished for mussels, clams and limpets, harvested grass and seeds, and hunted on land.
Hammond's Estate is on the only Chumash site in the coastal zone that is currently listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [4] Some controversy continues regarding use and maintenance of the meadow, one of the few remaining public coastal parcels in Montecito. [5] [6] The adjoining beach is one of California's popular surfing ...
The nominated area stretches along 140 miles of coastline — from an area near Cambria, in San Luis Obispo County, south to Gaviota Creek, in Santa Barbara County — and encompasses 7,670 square ...