Presenter(s)
Kathleen Marshall
Nakia Zavalla
James Bier
Moderator
Gena Timberman
WMA2025_470
Learning Format: Conversation
The Santa Ynez Chumash Museum and Cultural Center (SYCMCC) is a museum by Chumash people for Chumash people on Chumash land. This session will share the dynamic journey of the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians in building a museum for gathering, learning, and sharing. This session will explore the importance of thriving Indigenous Nations to honor their communities, ancestors, and ancestral homelands in developing places to share their stories.