Candelaria Valenzuela
Lulapin Chumash Foundation is proud to present:
The Chumash Community at Saticoy: A presentation by Dr. John Johnson.
The mid-nineteenth ranchería of Saticoy represents a post-Mission enclave in which the Ventureño (Mitsqanaqan) Chumash language probably served for everyday communication and traditional cultural practices continued. Similar Native American settlements existed throughout California following mission secularization in the 1830s. We are fortunate that records survive that document in some detail the people and social relationships that characterized Saticoy during the mid-nineteenth century. By weaving together biographical information from census records, mission registers, and the ethnographic interviews conducted by J. P. Harrington, a fuller picture of this vital Ventureño Chumash community emerges. Such studies can contribute invaluable information to contemporary Chumash, linking them to the lives of their ancestors.