Mutsun-Awaswas Sovereignty Foundation
Rooted in community, ceremony, and spirituality.
Since time immemorial, Mutsun-Awaswas people have carried relationships with Creator and our ancestors, and responsibilities to land, water, culture, family, and future generations. MASF continues those living responsibilities through ceremony, stewardship, cultural practice, truth, healing, and community care.
Foreword
Our responsibilities continue.
For countless generations, Mutsun-Awaswas people have cared for our traditional homeland through relationships founded on respect, reciprocity, and responsibility.
“Today, those responsibilities continue. The Mutsun-Awaswas Sovereignty Foundation was established to restore what was interrupted—not simply by preserving the past, but by preparing future generations to carry forward our responsibilities with knowledge, compassion, and wisdom.”
— Valentin Lopez
Welcome to MASF
A living foundation for culture, homeland, and community.
MASF is rooted in the living descendants of the Indigenous peoples of the greater Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz region. Our work brings together culture, stewardship, wellness, education, research, advocacy, and long-term community strength.
Explore MASF
Each part of our living history has its own place.
Choose a section to learn about our lineage, responsibilities, strategic priorities, advocacy, and ways to connect.
Our promise