Bertha Tumamait Blanco Teaching Yucca Cordage
Blanco, Bertha Tumamait
Chumash Indians--Material culture
Museums--Activity programs
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 August 1909 and died 18 January 1999 at the age of 89. She was a Chumash elder and member of BarbareƱo /VentureƱo Band of Mission Indians. She served as a consultant and docent at the Museum of Ventura County, where she represented her Chumash heritage and taught at the Chumash Youth Program.
Museum of Ventura County
2010
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Black and white photograph
9 x 12.1 cm
English
Image
39348
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Alejandro Ruiz Oral History
Piru (Calif.)--History
Agricultural laborers
Rancho Camulos (Calif.)--History
Yaqui Indians
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.
Content Warning: The following oral history may contain outdated language and may include terms that are considered offensive by today's standards. Listener discretion is advised.
Museum of Ventura County
Museum of Ventura County
2002 June
Copyright Museum of Ventura County. All rights reserved.
mp3
English
Sound
OH_RUIZ_ALEJANDRO_2002
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Piru (Calif.)
Original Indian Wall Fresco - Ventura Mission
San Buenaventura Mission
Mural painting and decoration
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.
Brewster, John Calvin
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1880
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Sepia photograph
25.5 x 18 cm
English
Image
957
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Stone Ditch, Built By The Indians Over 130 Years Ago, Ventura
Aqueducts--Circa 1915
Missions--San Buenaventura--Water System
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 visible in the background behind the ditch.
[Brakey, John R., Ventura, Cal. (Polychrome Co., San Francisco, Cal.)]
Brakey, John R.
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Black and white postcard
15 x 10 cm
English
Image
20203 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Obtossaway, an Ojibwa Chief
Indians of North America--Ojibwa
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.
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Color postcard
10 x 15 cm
English
Image
20149 PC
Arapahoe Braves No. 1
Arapaho Indians
Indians of North America--Great Plains
Portraits, Group
Wyoming
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. Johnson, St. Stephen, Wyo 1923 is printed on the image. In the upper left hand corner a paper is adhered to the image with the words "From Bert Stout Brought in by His Little Daughter, Marilyn 1934".
Johnson, George W.
Museum of Ventura County
1923
Copyright 1923 George W. Johnson
Portrait, Group
48 x 28.5 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
8513 OS
Photograph of an Image of a Native American Family
Books--Pictorial works
Children
Rocks
Women
Photograph of a page in a book with an image of a Native American family.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
The copyright to this image has not been determined. These images are intended for personal or research use only. Please contact library staff for rights determinations and additional uses.
Glass plate negative
English
Image
gp543
Photograph of an Image of Native American Housing
Lake Elaknagak (Village)--Photographs
Books--Pictorial works
Dwellings
Women
Photograph of an image in a book, possibly Native American housing.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
The copyright to this image has not been determined. These images are intended for personal or research use only. Please contact library staff for rights determinations and additional uses.
Glass plate negative
English
Image
gp541
Native American Dwelling
Dwellings
Native American homes
Native American dwelling.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Glass plate negative
English
Image
gp402
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)