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Stone Ditch, Built By The Indians Over 130 Years Ago, Ventura
An unidentified figure leans against a stone ditch with arms crossed. A horse stands several feet in front of the figure among low shrubs. A large oak tree stands to the left of the viewer, and another oak stands further back to the right. Hills are…
Original Indian Wall Fresco - Ventura Mission
View of a wall fresco at Mission San Buenaventura. "Brewster Ventura Cal." is embossed in the lower left corner of the dark gray card on which the photo is mounted.
Obtossaway, an Ojibwa Chief
A hand-colored real photo postcard. Shows a bust portrait of Obtossaway, an Ojibwa Chief, looking to his left. There is a bend in the upper left corner of postcard.
[Detroit Publishing Co. ("Phostint" card), 6878]
[Detroit Publishing Co. ("Phostint" card), 6878]
Arapahoe Braves No. 1
Group portrait of eight Native American men standing in front of a building. The men are looking at the camera and are wearing traditional Native American clothing, including feathered headdresses.
Arapahoe Braves No. 1, Copyright 1923 by Geo. W.…
Arapahoe Braves No. 1, Copyright 1923 by Geo. W.…
Alejandro Ruiz Oral History
Interview with Alejandro Ruiz about his life in Piru, work on Rancho Camulos, and his Yaqui heritage and family roots in Sonora, Mexico. Ruiz began working on Rancho Camulos in the 1930s and worked there for 50 years.
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Bertha Tumamait Blanco Teaching Yucca Cordage
Bertha Tumamait Blanco (left) seated and instructing Courtney Marie Wallace on yucca cordage. Taken in the Museum of Ventura County courtyard during the Chumash Youth Program.
Note: Museum records indicate that Bertha Tumamait Blanco was born 20…
Note: Museum records indicate that Bertha Tumamait Blanco was born 20…
Paul Varela Oral History
Paul Varela, Executive Director of the Chumash Interpretive Center in Thousand Oaks is interviewed about Chumash culture. He discusses cultural assimilation and erasure, his own heritage as a descendant of basket maker Candelaria, the importance of…
Native American Dwelling
Native American dwelling.
Photograph of an Image of Native American Housing
Photograph of an image in a book, possibly Native American housing.
Photograph of an Image of a Native American Family
Photograph of a page in a book with an image of a Native American family.
Native American Children with Missionary Teacher
Group portrait of unidentified Native American children, five standing, four sitting, with a white man identified as a missionary teacher. The missionary teacher is wearing a dark suit and has a graying beard. He is holding one of the children on his…
Chumash Dancers in Museum Courtyard
Outdoor scene at the Ventura County Museum of History and Art [called Museum of Ventura County at time of writing, 2024] courtyard. Shows a young Chumash dancer dressed in regalia. A second person in regalia and kneeling photographer in…
Chumash Dancers in Museum Courtyard
Outdoor scene at the Ventura County Museum of History and Art [called Museum of Ventura County at time of writing, 2024] courtyard. Shows a two Chumash men dressed in regalia and dancing. A third person in regalia.
Museum records indicate that…
Museum records indicate that…
Chumash Dancers in Museum Courtyard
Outdoor scene at the Ventura County Museum of History and Art [called Museum of Ventura County at time of writing, 2024] courtyard. Shows two Chumash men dancing and dressed in regalia. The dancers stand side-by-side, facing in opposite directions. A…
Chumash Dancers in Museum Courtyard
Outdoor scene at the Ventura County Museum of History and Art [called Museum of Ventura County at time of writing, 2024] courtyard. Shows a Chumash man dancing and dressed in regalia. A second dancer is partially visible on the right side of the…
Three Chumash Dancers in Museum Courtyard
Outdoor scene at the Ventura County Museum of History and Art [called Museum of Ventura County at time of writing, 2024] courtyard. Shows two Chumash men and a young girl dressed in regalia. The girl stands between the men, and all three look towards…
Chumash Dancers in Museum Courtyard
Outdoor scene at the Ventura County Museum of History and Art [called Museum of Ventura County at time of writing, 2024] courtyard. Shows a Chumash man dancing and dressed in regalia. A second dancer is partially visible on the left side of the…
Chumash Dolphin Dancer at Albinger Museum
Close view of a Chumash Dolphin Dancer performing outdoors at the Albinger Archaeology Museum in Ventura. The man is dressed in regalia, and appears to be blowing on a flute-like instrument. Crowd of onlookers are visible in background.
Vincent Tumamait at San Buenaventura Mission Bicentennial
Polaroid of an outdoor scene at Plaza Park in downtown Ventura, showing Chumash elder, Vincent Tumamait standing and looking towards camera. Vincent wears a brown vest over white shirt, gray trousers, and a "cowboy" hat. He also wears a bolo tie and…
Children at San Buenaventura Mission Bicentennial
Polaroid of an outdoor scene at Plaza Park in downtown Ventura, showing a group of children standing on a lawn nearby a staff or post decorated with feathers. Two of the children wear Chumash regalia. A crowd is visible behind the children.
Museum…
Museum…
Poster of Cahuilla Dwellings
Polaroid showing an educational poster with illustrations of Cahuilla dwellings. Details of the illustrations are labeled.
Museum records indicate that the poster appeared at the Bicentennial celebration of the founding of San Buenaventura…
Museum records indicate that the poster appeared at the Bicentennial celebration of the founding of San Buenaventura…
Poster of Cahuilla Food Gathering
Polaroid showing an educational poster with illustrations of Cahuilla people gathering and processing food.
Museum records indicate that the poster was exhibited at the Bicentennial celebration of the founding of San Buenaventura Mission.
Museum records indicate that the poster was exhibited at the Bicentennial celebration of the founding of San Buenaventura Mission.
Petroglyph Display at San Buenaventura Mission Bicentennial
Polaroid of an outdoor scene at Plaza Park in downtown Ventura, showing a display of Native American petroglyph designs on a large canvas or sheet. Canvas is affixed to a black metal fence.
Museum records indicate that the event shown is the…
Museum records indicate that the event shown is the…
Estevan Wypooke Poster
Polaroid showing a poster with a black and white picture of Estevan Wypooke of Injaja processing seeds with a basket. Text under the image reads, "Estevan Wypooke of Inaja separating the seed from the chaff by the skillful manipulation of the bateo…