Members of the Chumash Indian community will paddle across the Santa Barbara Channel to Santa Cruz Island on Saturday, Sept. 10, in a traditional Chumash tomol plank canoe called Muptami.

The actual paddle-out happens early Saturday morning, well before dawn, when the strongest paddlers launch the tomol -- a traditional plank canoe -- into the Channel Islands Harbor in Oxnard.

VENTURA, Calif., – Members of the Chumash Indian community, for the 20th time in modern history, will paddle across the Santa Barbara Channel on a 24-mile journey to Santa Cruz Island in a traditional ...

Raven Borsey feels the side of a canoe he plans to refurbish with his brother as part of an effort to revitalize the Lummi Youth Canoe Family on November 22, 2024, on the Lummi Reservation.