Honor the spirit of INDIGENOUS RESISTANCE

History of Amah Mutsun Tribal Band of the Santa Cruz region

6:00 pm: Socializing - Please bring healthy snacks to share. (No kitchen.)

6:30 pm: Program

Featuring a video of Speaker Chairman Lopez of the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band, sharing the history of the Amah Mutsun. The Amah Mutsun Tribal Band had an extensive history of communal activity, shared cultural understanding and collective rituals and beliefs. The Amah Mutsun occupied the San Juan Valley for thousands of years before the Spanish arrived in the late 1700's. The Amah Mutsun community was originally made up of approximately 20 to 30 contiguous villages stretched across the Pajaro River Basin and surrounding region. Members of these different villages were united by shared cultural practices and tribal traditions.