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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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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.…
Basket Making Demonstration at San Buenaventura Mission Bicentennial
Polaroid showing an outdoor scene at Plaza Park in downtown Ventura. In the center of the image woman wearing a "cowboy" hat and spotted skirt is weaving a basket. Beside her is a table of baskets and weaving supplies, including what appears to be a…
Basket Making Demonstration at San Buenaventura Mission Bicentennial
Polaroid showing an outdoor scene at Plaza Park in downtown Ventura. Closeup view of Native American baskets at a basketmaking demonstration table. People are handling the weaving materials and looking at completed baskets.
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Museum records…
Basket Making Demonstration at San Buenaventura Mission Bicentennial
Polaroid showing an outdoor scene at Plaza Park in downtown Ventura. Unidentified woman, possibly Lillian Smith weaving a basket using Chumash basketry techniques at a basketmaking demonstration. People in background.
Museum records indicate that…
Museum records indicate that…
Basketry Display at San Buenaventura Mission Bicentennial
Polaroid of a display of Chumash basketry. Display shows basket weaving techniques and materials. Picture of Chumash basket weaver, Candelaria Valenzuela behind display.
Museum records indicate that the event shown is the Bicentennial celebration…
Museum records indicate that the event shown is the Bicentennial celebration…
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…
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.
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Museum…
Chumash Artifact Display at San Buenaventura Mission Bicentennial
Polaroid of a display table. Table holds a variety of Chumash artifacts, and labels. People are visible along the edge of the table.
Museum records indicate that the event shown is the Bicentennial celebration of the founding of San Buenaventura…
Museum records indicate that the event shown is the Bicentennial celebration of the founding of San Buenaventura…
Chumash Artifacts Display at San Buenaventura Mission Bicentennial
Polaroid of a display of Chumash artifacts. Artifacts include tools, shells, wood, and furs. Reeds or fronds decorate the edge of the display table.
Museum records indicate that the event shown is the Bicentennial celebration of the founding of…
Museum records indicate that the event shown is the Bicentennial celebration of the founding of…
Chumash Dancer at San Buenaventura Mission Bicentennial
Polaroid showing an outdoor scene at Plaza Park in downtown Ventura. A Chumash man wearing regalia dances in the center view. He is partially obscured by shadow. Crowd visible in background.
Museum records indicate that the event shown is the…
Museum records indicate that the event shown is the…
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…
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.
Chumash Net and Basket Displays at San Buenaventura Mission Bicentennial
Polaroid of a display of Chumash net, fish traps, and basketry. Basket weavers visible in background.
Museum records indicate that the event shown is the Bicentennial celebration of the founding of San Buenaventura Mission.
Museum records indicate that the event shown is the Bicentennial celebration of the founding of San Buenaventura Mission.
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…
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…
Native American Dwelling
Native American dwelling.
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]
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.
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…