The Santa Ynez Chumash Museum and Cultural Center project team was recently presented with a 2023 Sustainable Innovation award by U.S. Green Building Council, Los Angeles, for their innovative use
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Landscaping plans include plants the Chumash traditionally gathered for food, medicine and making items used in their daily lives. One section will highlight the plants used for weaving highly specialized baskets.
Construction is moving forward on the Santa Ynez Chumash Museum and Cultural Center off Highway 246, with plans for completion this year. (Contributed photo)
In addition to getting the structure built, a parallel effort has seen the tribe amass a collection of more than 20,000 cultural objects to help tell their story of Santa Ynez Chumash.
At the time of the design’s unveiling, tribal leaders said groundbreaking would occur before the end of the year.