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| death_date = June 19, 1915
| death_place = [[Santa Barbara, California]], United States
| occupation = Master builder, craft specialist
| known_for = Knowledge of [[Chumash people]], Indigenous experiences at [[Spanish missions in California]], singing of [[Juana Maria]]'s song
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'''Kitsepawit''', more commonly known as '''Fernando Librado'''{{Efn|His surname Librado or "book lover" was acquired late in his life, in reference to his advanced reading ability. He was recorded in records at Mission San Buenaventura as Bernardo, yet his name was changed to Fernando for easier pronunciation by Chumash language speakers (in which the br sound is not present). Fernando's Chumash name was Kitsepawit, which he indicated was also the name of his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. This pattern of passing a patronym may have been uncharacteristic in Chumash culture and may have been modeled on European naming traditions, although this is unknown.|group=upper-alpha}} (c. August 20, 1839 – June 19, 1915), was a [[Chumash people|Chumash]] [[North American Indigenous elder|elder]], master ''[[tomol]]'' builder
He is most notable for his knowledge of [[Chumash people|Chumash culture]] and language (especially of the [[Ventureño language|Ventureño]], [[Cruzeño language|Cruzeño]], and [[Purisimeño language|Purisimeño]]), Indigenous experiences at [[Spanish missions in California|Spanish mission in California]], particularly in the post-mission period,<ref name=":0" /> his work as an informant for [[John Peabody Harrington]],<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Autry's Collections Online – |url=http://collections.theautry.org/mwebcgi/mweb.exe?request=record;id=PE64334;type=701 |access-date=2023-01-10 |website=collections.theautry.org}}</ref> and for his recording of a song of [[Juana Maria]] on a [[wax cylinder]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Fernando Librado (Kitsepawit) - Island of the Blue Dolphins |publisher=U.S. National Park Service |url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/islandofthebluedolphins/fernando-librado.htm |access-date=2023-01-10 |language=en}}</ref>
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