NEVADA CITY, Calif. April 10, 2024 – CHIRP and Woolman are pleased to join together in announcing two significant accomplishments in our progress toward the sale of Woolman’s 230+ acre Nevada County, California property to CHIRP. CHIRP’s “Homeland Return” fundraising campaign met its Phase I fundraising goal of $1.5 million in early April and is entering Phase II fundraising for a planned endowment. In addition, this week Woolman received approval from the California Attorney General to sell the Woolman property to CHIRP.
We are actively collaborating on the remaining contingencies with the shared goal of returning this beloved land to the descendants of its original native inhabitants.
California Heritage: Indigenous Research Project (CHIRP) is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization guided by the Nevada City Rancheria Nisenan Tribe.
College Park Friends Educational Association d/b/a Woolman at Sierra Friends Center is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that operated residential high school, camp, and other educational programs on the property from the 1960s through 2023.
More about CHIRP’s Homeland Return initiative and plans for the property are available on the CHIRP Homeland return web page: https://chirpca.org/homelandreturn.
More about CHIRP, the Nisenan story, and the history of Woolman are available on the Woolman website: www.woolman.org.