Initial $25,000 Offering Supports the Northern Chumash Tribal Council’s Work to Reclaim Ancestral Land at Dos Pueblos Ranch
The FUND for Santa Barbara is proud to announce the launch of the Chumash Reparative Action Fund, a new initiative designed to advance reparations for all Chumash peoples and deepen the organization’s longstanding commitment to Indigenous justice. This announcement comes during Native American Heritage Month, a time to recognize and honor the histories and ongoing contributions of Indigenous peoples.
The FUND’s work begins with the recognition that Santa Barbara County is located on unceded Chumash land. The history of settler colonialism in this country has caused lasting harm to the Chumash people, their culture, and the lands they have stewarded for thousands of years. These injustices persist today, perpetuated by those in positions of power who continue to terrorize and traumatize Indigenous communities and people of color…