The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians has not been able to celebrate holidays such as Indigenous People’s Day with large events this year.
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The Chumash Casino Resort kicked off its annual Project Pink campaign Friday that features pink-hued treats for sale at its eateries throughout October in honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
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Native seedlings are popping out of black plastic trays at a tribal plant nursery in Santa Ynez: purple sage, coast live oak, tobacco, islay cherries, gooseberry, mugwort, bladderpod, buckwheat, wild rye, dogbane. The list goes on
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Solvang hotel Hadsten House will temporarily close its doors Sept. 1 for renovations, according to owners, the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians. The projected reopening date is spring of 2022.
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For over a decade, our tribe has been meticulously working behind the scenes to advance our vision of creating a space where visitors can gather and learn firsthand about the Chumash people of this region.
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When rising water rates threatened the future of two youth sports leagues that share costs at a local field, the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians and key county businesses pitched in to turn an ambitious solution into a reality.
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In an effort to fill more than 200 full-time and part-time staffing vacancies, Chumash Enterprises is offering special $250 monthly bonuses this summer to employees in specified positions and hosting a job fair from 10 a.m. 4 p.m. on Wednesday, June 9 at the Chumash Employee Resource Center in Buellton.
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More than a dozen years ago the Phoebe A. Hearst museum fired its anthropology team that was supposed to be monitoring human remains and said it had a final inventory of some 2000 human remains and funerary objects. All of those remains and objects are associated with the Chumash people. Even now the tribe has said the University of California Berkeley is a “documented bad actor” that continues to deliberately obstruct repatriation. Today we speak with Chairman Kenneth Kahn of the Santa Ynez Band of Mission Indians.
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Team Chumash, a branch of Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Foundation, is the employee volunteer program for Chumash Enterprises. The program rewards team members for their volunteerism by awarding them with $500 All-Star grants from the foundation to be donated to a nonprofit of their choice.
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Kenneth Kahn was re-elected tribal chairman of the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians in a recent vote that was held to appoint the tribe’s governing body. Also re-elected were all four members of the tribe’s Business Committee: Mike Lopez, Maxine Littlejohn, Gary Pace and Raul Armenta.
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WASHINGTON — On Monday, Rep. Deb Haaland became the first Native American confirmed to serve in the president’s Cabinet — a historic moment celebrated by American Indians throughout the country.
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Construction continues on the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians’ $32 million museum and cultural center, with completion expected later this year.
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For local schools looking to acquire high-tech resources and provide an added boost to their curriculum, the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Foundation is now accepting grant applications for its popular Technology in Schools Program.
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Sales of pink-colored desserts, snacks, treats and drinks at the Chumash Casino Resort generated $6,483 toward the annual Project Pink campaign, which raises funds throughout Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October. This year’s campaign beneficiary, Mission Hope Cancer Center, which is supported by the Marian Regional Medical Center Foundation, also received a matching grant from the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians, bringing the total donation to $12,966.
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The Chumash Casino Resort was named one of 10 recipients of the U.S. Green Building Council’s 2020 Leadership Award during the Greenbuild Virtual conference.
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The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Foundation has delivered $100,000 in donations to Santa Ynez Valley schools to help them meet high-tech needs for distance learning as classes resume amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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I wanted to take this opportunity to recognize our local teachers, administrators and school staff members for all of their hard work and their ongoing commitment to educating our youth in this uncertain climate.
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Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden of Buellton recently completed the restoration of its resident tule hut — a traditional dome-shaped Chumash dwelling assembled with native plant materials — that community members now can enjoy.
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As local schools prepare to reopen with distance learning in place, the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Foundation has announced it will commit $100,000 to Santa Ynez Valley schools to help address unforeseen costs caused by COVID-19 restrictions.
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The Chumash Casino Resort reopened its doors with heightened safety restrictions on Wednesday, June 10, following a three-month closure due to COVID-19. Tribal Chairman Kenneth Kahn says "... Our team has worked diligently to prepare for this moment, and we're confident that our new safety guidelines will help protect our team members and guests while they're on property.”
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