Native Americans to Lead Park Tours
Several Native American guest hosts are scheduled to take visitors on tours of Rancho Sierra Vista/Satwiwa, a Chumash spiritual site managed by the National Park Service, in coming weeks.
On Sunday, Mike Burgess, a Comanche gourd dancer, will lead a hike at Satwiwa from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Burgess is on the Los Angeles County American Indian Commission and is a former journalist for various Native American publications.
Barbara Drake will give a presentation on the Tongva culture March 10, and on March 17, Charlie Cooke will discuss how the Chumash harvested and used native plants. Cooke is a hereditary chief of the southern Chumash. Both events are from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
To get to Rancho Sierra Vista/Satwiwa, take the Ventura Freeway to the Wendy Drive exit in Newbury Park. Go south on Wendy to Potrero Road. Entrance to the park is at Potrero and Pinehill roads. The Satwiwa Native American Indian Culture Center is a quarter-mile walk from the parking lot. All events are free to the public.
For more information on the Satwiwa Sundays, contact the National Park Service at (818) 597-9192, ext. 201.
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