[CINC] FROM SHORE TO SEA LECTURE SEPT 12 & 13

[Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov]

My apologiesfor the error in the From Shore to Sea posting, the correct September lecture dates are as follows:

September 9, 2008
Return to Limuw, A Chumash Tomol Crosses the Channel
Alan Salazar, Chumash Storyteller & Sanctuary Advisory Council Member 
7:00pm @ Santa Barbara Maritime Museum
Santa Barbara, CA.

September 10, 2008
Return to Limuw, A Chumash Tomol Crosses the Channel
Alan Salazar, Chumash Storyteller & Sanctuary Advisory Council Member 
7:00pm @ the Channel Islands National Park Visitor Center
Ventura, CA.



----- Original Message -----
From: Shauna Bingham <Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov>
Date: Thursday, September 4, 2008 4:42 pm
Subject: [CINC] FROM SHORE TO SEA LECTURE SEPT 12 & 13
To: "channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org" <channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org>


> September 4, 2008
>  
>  For Immediate Release
>  
>  Yvonne Menard, Channel Islands National Park (805) 658-5725
>  
>  Shauna Bingham, Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary (805) 
> 382-6151 
>  #102
>  
>  
>  Recalling the Return to Limuw---A Chumash Tomol Crosses the Channel
>  
>   
>  
>  The September "From Shore to Sea" lectures will feature Alan Salazar 
> 
>  discussing the importance of the /tomol/, a traditional plank canoe 
> used 
>  historically by the Chumash for fishing and travel between the 
> islands 
>  and mainland for trade. The /tomol/ connected Chumash communities and 
> 
>  continues to be significant to their culture.
>  
>   
>  
>  In September 2001, the Chumash resumed their /tomol/ crossings by 
>  paddling to the island of /Limuw/ (Santa Cruz Island) from Channel 
>  Island Harbor. Salazar has participated in seven crossings as part of 
> an 
>  annual celebration of their culture. He will share how these journeys 
> 
>  are an affirmation of Chumash tradition, which contemporary Chumash 
>  regard as a gift to their ancestors and children.
>  
>   
>  
>  Salazar is a Chumash storyteller, a traditional Chumash paddler, a 
>  practitioner of Chumash spiritual ceremonies, and his village's fast 
> 
>  runner. He has dedicated most of his life to learning about Native 
>  American cultures and sharing that knowledge with the young and old, 
> 
>  including over 100 presentations in California schools. His family 
>  survived the mission period and is one of a small number of families 
> 
>  that can trace both Chumash and Tataviam ancestry. Like many people 
> with 
>  California Indian ancestry, his family's story is one of pride in 
> their 
>  Native American heritage. He is also one of many Native Americans 
> that 
>  consider themselves a person of the Earth. As a person of the Earth 
> he 
>  considers himself no better than hawk, bear, lizard, trees, or rocks. 
> 
>  Salazar was taught by many elders that to be humble and respectful 
> are 
>  the two most important traits to have, so with humility he remarks 
> that 
>  he is "a storyteller, paddler, spiritual person and, for an old guy, 
> 
>  pretty fast."
>  
>  Blue whales are an endangered species that frequent the Santa Barbara 
> 
>  Channel during the summer months to feed on krill, their primary food 
> 
>  source. Blue whales in the Eastern Pacific are the only known 
> recovering 
>  blue whale population in the world with a size estimated at nearly 
> 2000 
>  animals, which is about 10% of the world population. Although the 
>  population has grown since protection began in 1966, additional 
>  conservation efforts are needed to ensure the population's continued 
> 
>  recovery is not impeded by sources of human caused mortality such as 
> 
>  ship strikes and entanglement in fishing gear.
>  
>   
>  
>  Mr. Collins has been working in the Vertebrate Zoology Department at 
> the 
>  Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History since 1973.  He earned his 
> B.S 
>  and M.A in Zoology from University of California, Santa Barbara. 
>  Michelle Berman is the Associate Curator of the Department of 
> Vertebrate 
>  Zoology at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. She received 
> her 
>  B.S. from Colorado State University and her M.A. from the University 
> of 
>  Central Florida.
>  
>   
>  
>  The "From Shore to Sea" lecture series is jointly sponsored by 
> Channel 
>  Islands National Park and Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary 
> with 
>  generous support from Santa Barbara Maritime Museum. The purpose of 
> the 
>  series is to further the understanding of research on the Channel 
>  Islands and surrounding waters. The lectures will occur at 7:00 p.m. 
> on 
>  Tuesday, August 12, 2008, at Santa Barbara Maritime Museum, 113 
> Harbor 
>  Way in the Santa Barbara Harbor and Wednesday, August 13, 2008, at 
> the 
>  Channel Islands National Park Robert J. Lagomarsino Visitor Center, 
> 1901 
>  Spinnaker Drive in the Ventura Harbor. The programs are free and open 
> to 
>  the public.
>  
>   
>  
>  The "From Shore to Sea" lecture series is jointly sponsored by 
> Channel 
>  Islands National Park and Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary 
> with 
>  generous support from Santa Barbara Maritime Museum. The purpose of 
> the 
>  series is to further the understanding of research on the Channel 
>  Islands and surrounding waters. The lectures will occur at 7:00 p.m. 
> on 
>  Tuesday, September 9, 2008, at Santa Barbara Maritime Museum, 113 
> Harbor 
>  Way in the Santa Barbara Harbor and Wednesday, September 10, 2008, at 
> 
>  the Channel Islands National Park Robert J. Lagomarsino Visitor 
> Center, 
>  1901 Spinnaker Drive in the Ventura Harbor. The programs are free and 
> 
>  open to the public.
>  
>   
>  
>  This publication is available on line at: 
>  www.nps.gov/chis/parknews/newsreleases.htm 
>  <>
>  
>  -- 
>  Shauna Bingham 
>  Volunteer and Outreach Coordinator
>  NOAA Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
>  3600 S. Harbor Blvd. #111
>  Oxnard, CA 93035
>  Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov
>  (805) 382-6149 ext. 102
>  Fax (805) 382-9791
>  
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