“It's really important for us to express our culture and to keep it going,” Cynthis Jim said. “I’ve been a dancer for 46 years now.” Jim, along with her mother and daughter, drove 26 hours from Canada ...
Imagine a sequence of storytelling songs so elaborate it takes more than seven hours to sing them all and you have some idea of the intricacy of Native Southwestern Bird Singing. They are some of the ...
Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. SANTA YNEZ, CA — October 7, 2024 — The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians will host California-style Native American singing, ...