First Nations Youth from Santa Rosa Rancheria Tachi Yokut at Wishtoyo's Chumash Village Summer Camp

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Four Days of Wishtoyo's Cultural and Environmental Summer Camp with the Tachi Yokut Youth! What an incredible time we are all having. Sharing and exchanging our cultural traditions has been inspirational. Watching these young ones come out of their shells and sing their songs around the sacred fire during ceremony is such an inspiration bringing hope for the future. Each day of activities has been both a challenge and fun! But with this group, no challenge is tuff enough to keep them from participating. Surfing lessons, hiking, Atlatl competition, learning Chumash Ethnobotany, marine science, and how our bioregions have shaped our living cultures for thousands of years.  This knowledge and remembering is being re-awakened in the First Nations Youth of today! They are the Leaders and Teachers of the future.

Special Thanks to Darlene Franco for coordinating with us, Tom of Makos Surf Camp at Zuma Beach for always being so generous of heart to all of our youth, and to all of our Chumash Community Educators who add invaluable knowledge, safety, and expertise to all of Wishtoyo's Camps!