Editing Conejo Valley (section)

===Pre-colonial===
[[File:Chumash_ap_tri_village_stagecoach_inn_newbury_park_ca.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Reconstructed Chumash 'ap (house) at the [[Stagecoach Inn (California)|Stagecoach Inn]]]]
The [[Chumash people]] inhabited region for thousands of years.<ref>{{cite report |url=https://www.cityofcamarillo.org/Comm%20Dev/Projects/GPA%202016-1%20Shea/DEIR%20June%202017/Apx%206.5%20Cultural%20Resource%20Documentation.pdf |title=Cultural Resources Documentation {{!}} Appendix 6.5 {{!}} St. John's Specific Plan |page=3 |publisher=City of Camarillo |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412182602/https://www.cityofcamarillo.org/Comm%20Dev/Projects/GPA%202016-1%20Shea/DEIR%20June%202017/Apx%206.5%20Cultural%20Resource%20Documentation.pdf |date=2017 |archive-date=2019-04-12}}</ref> Notable Chumash villages included [[Satwiwa]] ("The Bluffs") in [[Newbury Park, California|Newbury Park]], [[Chumash Indian Museum|Sap'wi]] ("House of Deer") in [[Thousand Oaks, California|Thousand Oaks]], and Hipuk in [[Westlake Village, California|Westlake Village]]. Sap'wi (Šihaw Ven-632i) is located near [[Chumash Indian Museum]] in [[Oakbrook Regional Park]]. This park is also home to 4-6,000 year old [[pictographs]], which can be observed on docent-led tours.<ref>Sprankling, Miriam and Ruthanne Begun (2006). ''Historical Tour of the Conejo Valley''. Newbury Park, CA: Conejo Valley Historical Society. Page 14. {{ISBN|0-9725233-4-0}}.</ref><ref>Maxwell, Thomas J. (1982). ''The Temescals of Arroyo Conejo''. California Lutheran College. Pages 58-59.</ref> Satwiwa, which was first settled 13,000 years ago,<ref>Bangs, Ray and Chris Becker (2004). ''52 Great Weekend Escapes in Southern California''. Globe Pequot. Page 55. {{ISBN|9780762730834}}.</ref> was located at the foothills of [[Mount Boney]], a sacred mountain to the Chumash people.<ref>Riedel, Allen (2008). ''100 Classic Hikes in Southern California: San Bernardino National Forest, Angeles National Forest, Santa Lucia Mountains, Big Sur and the Sierras''. The Mountaineers Books. Page 118. {{ISBN|9781594851254}}.</ref><ref>Mallarach, Josep-Maria and Thymio Papayannis (2007). ''Protected Areas and Spirituality''. Island Press. Page 109. {{ISBN|9782831710235}}.</ref><ref>Riedel, Allen (2011). ''Best Easy Day Hikes Conejo Valley''. Rowman & Littlefield. Page 21. {{ISBN|9780762765812}}.</ref> The [[Satwiwa Native American Indian Culture Center]] is available for visitors.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}

Two additional Chumash villages were found by Ventu Park Road. These had a population of 100-200 in each village, and were settled around 2,000 years ago.<ref>Bidwell, Carol A. (1989). ''The Conejo Valley: Old and New Frontiers''. Windsor Publications. Page 13. {{ISBN|9780897812993}}.</ref><ref>Casey, Lynda (1984). ''The Story of the Conejo Valley: The Westlake Chumash Indians''. Westlake Research Committee. Page 5.</ref> These former villages, known as Ven-65, Ven-260 and Ven-261, are located on private lands near Ventu Park Road in Newbury Park.<ref>Maxwell, Thomas J. (1982). ''The Temescals of Arroyo Conejo''. California Lutheran College. Page 137. Library of Congress Catalog Number 82-072788.</ref> A smaller village, known as Yitimasɨh, was located where [[Conejo Valley Unified School District|Wildwood Elementary School]] is located today.<ref>Maxwell, Thomas J. (1982). ''The Temescals of Arroyo Conejo''. California Lutheran College. Page 93.</ref><ref>Sprankling, Miriam (2002). ''Discovering the Story of The Conejo Valley''. Newbury Park, CA: Conejo Valley Historical Society. Page 9. {{ISBN|0-9725233-0-8}}.</ref> Artifacts retrieved in nearby [[Wildwood Regional Park]] include [[shell bead]]s, arrowheads, and stone tools.<ref>Palmer, Norma E. (1994). ''Santa Barbara & Ventura Counties''. Automobile Club of Southern California. Page 176. {{ISBN|9781564131867}}.</ref>