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Petroglyphs of the Nisenan of Northern California

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Magic touches, Nisenan tributes mark new suspension bridge in Nevada County. Photos by John Hart. A new 150-foot suspension bridge hanging above Deer Creek on the Tribute Trail in Nevada City is almost complete. Standing on the bridge, from right, are: Amber Taxiera, The Sierra Fund; Ori Chafe, Sierra Streams Institute; Elizabeth “Izzy” Martin, The Sierra Fund; Zachi Anerson, Forest Trails Alliance; and Julie Fair, American Rivers. 8220;This so knocked our socks off by how beautiful this is.”. Martin, wh...

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Photos: Past & Present of the Nevada City Rancheria Nisenan

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Photos: Past and Present. Odd Fellows Hall,. Nevada City, California. The California Heritage: Indigenous Research Project (CHIRP) and its founder, Judith Lowry. Hosted a lovely gala for the re-opening of the Firehouse No. 1 Museum. The museum renovations were also funded by CHIRP. The event was well attended. Speakers Sheri Tatsh. Gave educational talks about the Nisenan of Nevada County. Mountain Maidu speakers Dugan Aguilar and Susan Campbell shared insights into culture and photography. The families ...

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Mission High Book by Kristina Rizga

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HOW EXPERTS TRIED TO FAIL IT,. AND THE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS WHO. Mission High in the Los Angeles Review of Books. At her best, Rizga writes with the subtlety and grace of pioneering education writers Jonathan Kozol and Paul Tough. Her central contribution is undoubtedly to challenge the dominant and dehumanizing definitions of educational success. Writing teachers as people and professionals, as Rizga expertly does, is strangely a radical act.". The New York Review of Books highlights Mission High.

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California Heritage: Indigenous Research Project (CHIRP) & the Nevada City Rancheria

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Judith Lowry, Founder. Indians Irony and Identity: cultural appropriation beyond the hipster-headdress. Photos by John Hart. Stereotypes, especially those that appear in marketing materials, have a way of reducing complex cultures down to their simplest and most conveniently sellable representations. Under different circumstances that might be difficult to explain, but local artist Judith Lowry has curated an exhibit of advertising, merchandising and other kitsch to drive the point home. There’s a whole ...

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Tribal Council of the Nevada City Rancheria

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Richard Johnson, Chairman. Richard brings 32 years of leadership and business organization to the Tribal Council. He is forward thinking and takes his job of Chairman as a serious responsibility, but also as a great honor. Richard lives in Nevada City just miles from the Nevada City Rancheria where he was born. His grandparents, Peter and Margaret Johnson, were the only Tribal members to become “distributees” under the Termination Act of 1958. Virginia Covert, Vice Chair. Shelly Covert, Secretary. Lorena...

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History of the Nisenan of Northern California

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Of the Sierra Nevada’s Foothills. OFTEN, THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF NEVADA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, are labeled as “Maidu” instead of the correct title, “Nisenan”. While the label “Maidu” is still used widely in Native American academia, “Maidu” is actually a gross over simplification of a very complex division of smaller groups, Tribelets and Bands of Indians. There is a Maidu map which is rarely used today. However, a Nisenan map. More correctly describes our lands. ON DECEMBER 2, 2010, THE NEVADA COUNTY HIST...

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Archives of Nevada City Rancheria

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Past News and Articles. Sierra College - Nevada County Campus. Grass Valley, California. Photography by Akim Aginsky. Click on a thumbnail to see a larger view. Nisenan aim to rekindle community spirit Saturday. Descendants from the Nevada City Rancheria will speak Saturday about their history, which dates back long before European settlers discovered what is now Nevada County and before the Gold rush that fostered the county's development. While all but four of California's previously terminated ra...