Since the beginning of time, the “ataaxam” have always occupied the San Luis Rey Valley. The Spanish established the Mission San Luis Rey in 1798 and imposed the name San Luiseño on the ataaxam. The landscape surrounding the mission is quintessential Southern California: golden coastal plains, sa...

 80th ANNUAL LUMMI STOMMISH WATER FESTIVALHeld on the homelands of the Lummi Nation, the Stommish Water Festival is an annual celebration of culture community and warriors of past and present. Now in it's 79th year, Stommish was first held in 1946 to welcome home Lummi veterans returning home fro...