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Revolutions Real and Imagined
‘One Battle After Another’ used the dramatic setting of California’s La Purisima Mission, but the location has a much more radical history By Joe Payne In Paul Thomas Anderson’s Academy Award-winning “One Battle After Another,” Sean Penn’s villainous Lockjaw corners Chase Infiniti’s Willa in the chapel of a rural convent that gave her safe harbor.…
Chumash Revolution Thesis Published!
After four years of undergraduate and graduate study in History at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, I am proud to share that my Masters Thesis about the largest Indigenous revolution against the California Mission system is published! The thesis, titled “The Chumash War of 1824: Revolution and Counterrevolution in the California Missions Santa Inés, Santa…
Chumash descendant Marianne Parra speaks on 1824 Chumash Revolution against the California Missions
I was honored and humbled to welcome a very special guest to Political Payne; Marianne Parra is a descendant of Indigenous Chumash peoples held in Missions Santa Ines, Santa Barbara, and La Purisima de Concepcion, the locus of the largest armed uprising against the California Missions in 1824. Marianne grew up on the Chumash Reservation…
The Chumash Revolution of 1824 with Alan Salazar, Chumash-Tataviam Storyteller
I was very grateful to Alan Salazar for joining me for this first new episode of Political Payne, where we explore the California Mission period and specifically the Chumash War, often referred to as the Chumash Revolt, Chumash Rebellion, etc. that occurred in 1824 across Missions Santa Ines, Santa Barbara, and La Purisima in modern…
Santa Maria Police Department placed “snipers” on mall roof to surveil protest against police violence
By Joe Payne The Santa Maria Police Department (SMPD) stationed two “long observers” with scoped rifles on the roof of the Santa Maria Town Center to surveil an April 24 protest against police violence in the city’s downtown area. The officers are usually part of the city’s SWAT team, SMPD Sgt. Woody Vega said, and…
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