Wishtoyo - VCK - Pollution Hotline

Wishtoyo is a Native American organization that utilizes traditional Chumash cultural values and practices to foster environmental awareness. The Chumash people lived for centuries along the California coast between Malibu and San Luis Obispo and the Channel Islands, depending on the natural world for food, clothing and shelter. Their culture and values, therefore, developed a deep and abiding respect for all living things and was based on the indispensable need for conservation and sustainability.

To view an update of Wishtoyo Foundation's Chumash Village in Malibu, please click here: Chumash Village Update

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The Ventura Coastkeeper, a member of the National Waterkeeper Alliance, is dedicated to protecting, preserving and restoring Ventura County's marine habitat, coastal waters, and watershed. A keeper is a full-time privately funded, non-governmental ombudsperson whose special responsibility is to be the public advocate for regional waters. The Keeper organizations fill the gap between water pollution laws and the government's ability to enforce them. Mati Waiya is the first Native American to become a Keeper. (www.waterkeeper.org)

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Mati Waiya, a Chumash Ceremonial priest, is a native of Ventura County. His vision is to preserve the culture, language and history of his native people and bring it to the awareness of the general public. He has made presentations at government hearings, schools, public events, parks and museums around California and has consulted on Native American issues with universities, state agencies, community groups, and environmental organizations.

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