Rosario Cooper

Rosario Cooper (1845–1917) was a yak titʸu titʸu yak tiłhini (Northern Chumash) woman who was the last known speaker of tiłhini (also known as Obispeño Chumash), After her mother died in 1851, Cooper was raised by her older sister Agostina. At the time of her work with Harrington, Cooper was married to her third husband, Mauro Soto, and they lived together in the Lopez Canyon area in Arroyo Grande. indigenous beliefs and practices, and songs and dances. Cooper also told Harrington a story about the time her own mother had been bewitched, and had then sought out the help of a medicine-man, who used techniques such as fasting, singing, and blood-letting to cure her.