Wishtoyo
Foundation's
Chumash Discovery Village
UPDATE
After years of planning,
Wishtoyo's
Chumash Village has come to fruition with six aps, a tomol, prayer mound
and
sil'i'yik (ceremonial circle) and banque, on a bluff overlooking the ocean from
Malibu, CA, at Nicholas Canyon County Beach Park. The
project is in partnership with Los Angeles County Dept. of Beaches and
Harbors, which has provided a lease for Wishtoyo.
The Village serves as an educational journey
to Southern California's heritage, when Chumash inhabited the area for thousands of
years.
A new banque has
been added to the sil'i'yik;
aps can be seen in background - Oct. 2011
Wishtoyo's
Chumash Village - Nov. 2011
Chumash Village,
Ceremonial Gathering Circle - Sil'i'yik, and Banque, in center -
Nov., 2011
Above:
Mati
Waiya leads group at a World Ocean Day event.
Over
1,100
Los Angeles School District students arrive
in busloads from dozens of schools to learn about marine conservation and the ocean's
wildlife species. World Oceans Day is an annual event hosted by Wishtoyo and
Star Eco.
Jason
Weiner, Wishtoyo's Ventura Coastkeeper Program Associate Director and
Staff Attorney, teaches children about marine conservation and water quality at
a World
Ocean Day event at Wishtoyo's Chumash Village.
Wishtoyo is offering Chumash
Language classes, to revive the Shmuwich (Barbareno) Chumash language.
Pictured: Language teachers
Deborah Sanchez and Johnny Moreno
Above:
Village with ceremonial circle in foreground, ceremonial fire is lit. Chumash
tomol - named Isha Kowoch, is in background. -
2010
View of Chumash Village ap
with whale bones at entrance. Six aps
have been completed. The aps are made from willow and tule (bulrush) and
require many hours of labor to complete.
Photo of
Wishtoyo Chumash Discovery Vilage "ap" in progress.
Willow branches provide structure.
The
ocean worthy Chumash Tomol at Wishtoyo's Chumash Discovery Village,
called Isha Kowoch, built by Matt Ward, is made in the native fashion from
redwood. Pictured: Matt Ward, Kote Lotah
Directions
to the Village
Education
Program information
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