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, SantaContinue reading “Chumash Revolution Thesis Published!”
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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 ReservationContinue reading “Chumash descendant Marianne Parra speaks on 1824 Chumash Revolution against the California Missions”
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 modernContinue reading “The Chumash Revolution of 1824 with Alan Salazar, Chumash-Tataviam Storyteller”
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