Ojai, CA -- Julie Tumamait-Stenslie, pictured here, is the Chairperson
for the Barbareño/Ventureño- Band of Mission Indians. Julie, a generous and accomplished
woman, proudly carries the traditions of her family by sharing Chumash culture,
history and songs to youth groups, schools, elder hostels, church and civic
organizations. Julie’s lived in the Ojai
area nearly her entire life, and currently owns a home in the Meiners Oaks
neighborhood, very near the birthplace of her great, great grandmother, Maria
Ricarda Alulalmeque, who was raised in the Chumash village of Matilija.
Photo: Graham Dunn
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