Educators, Academics, Advocates, and Friends are invited to join the California Heritage: Indigenous Research Project (CHIRP) for its annual benefit, Building a Framework for Truth: A Fundraiser, Ethics in academic research, Inclusion of Indigenous rights, with a documented history of California Genocide on Sunday, June 18th, 3:30 pm – 7:30 pm. The event will be […]
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California Heritage: Indigenous Research Project (CHIRP) and the Nevada City Rancheria Nisenan Tribe release a flurry of Spring updates
NEVADA CITY, CA – CHIRP will hold an educational fundraiser June 18th at The Center for the Arts in Grass Valley. Featuring guest lecturer, Benjamin Madley, researcher and book author (An American Genocide) and Associate Professor of history at UCLA. Joining Madley are Jordan Reznick, Getty/National Endowment for the Humanities Postdoctoral Fellow at the Getty […]
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Nevada City Rancheria Nisenan Tribe Gains Momentum in Bid for Federal Recognition
NEVADA CITY, CA – Grass Valley City Council took firm steps forward during November’s Native American Heritage Month and adopted Resolution Number 2022-81 codifying support for the Nevada City Rancheria Nisenan Tribe’s petition for Federal Recognition. The Nevada City Rancheria Tribal Council is especially thankful to City Manager Tim Kiser and Council Member Bob Branstrom […]
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City of Nevada City Steps Forward Creating City Liaison with Nevada City Rancheria
NEVADA CITY, CA – For the first time since the founding of the town, the City of Nevada City is recognizing the value of government-to-government relationships between the City and the Nevada City Rancheria Nisenan Tribe. The City of Nevada City is breaking the mold of Tribal exclusion that has been the practice of the […]
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Visibility Through Art 2022 Exhibition – Perspectives on Erasure opens Oct. 8
Visibility Through Art is a community art initiative produced annually as part of CHIRP’s Arts and Culture Program. Visibility Through Art is an intentional and informed collaboration between local artists and members of the Nevada City Rancheria Nisenan Tribe. Each project year explores a theme or subject of importance to the Tribe, culminating in an […]
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Nevada City Rancheria Nisenan Tribe Hosts 3rd Annual Harvest Dinner on Sept. 1 in Partnership with California Heritage: Indigenous Research Project
NEVADA CITY, CA – Live music, a rotation of speakers and delicious food will fill hearts and souls at The Stone House, a renowned venue in Nevada City, CA. Hosted by Nevada City Rancheria Nisenan, in partnership with their supporting non-profit California Heritage: Indigenous Research Project (CHIRP) , the annual fundraiser will raise funds to […]
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Nisenan Mural Community Celebration on May 22
On behalf of the California Heritage: Indigenous Research Project (CHIRP), ‘Uba Seo: Nisenan Arts and Culture, and MEC Builds Inc., the community is invited to join Nevada City Rancheria Nisenan Tribal members and artists of the mural on Sunday afternoon, May 22nd, 2022, from 3pm – 6pm, in the mural parking lot at 309 Neal […]
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November 26th is Nisenan Heritage Day!
November 15, 2021 – We are excited to invite you to our 12th Annual Nisenan Heritage Day! This will be a celebratory community event and fundraiser, offered virtually. LIVE BROADCAST FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2021 5 – 8pm In our time together during Nisenan Heritage Day 2021, we will talk about the history and future of […]
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‘UBA SEO opens its exhibit Erased in celebration of Nisenan Heritage Month
November 8, 2021 – The Nevada City Rancheria Nisenan Tribe and California Heritage: Indigenous Research Project invite you to the newest exhibition at the ‘UBA SEO Gallery. Erased is a thoughtful examination of the local and national history which has contributed to legislative and cultural erasure of the Nisenan. Erased is also a powerful invitation […]
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Visibility Through Art Exhibition
‘Visibility Through Art ’ is a community art initiative produced annually as part of CHIRP’s Arts and Culture Program. Visibility Through Art is an intentional and informed collaboration between local artists and members of the Nevada City Rancheria Nisenan Tribe. Each project year explores a theme or subject of importance to the Tribe, culminating in […]
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‘UBA SEO Nisenan Arts and Culture – Pre-opening Special Exhibit
May 21, 2021 – Nevada City Rancheria Nisenan Tribe and California Heritage: Indigenous Research Project Presents ‘UBA SEO – NISENAN ARTS AND CULTURE. ‘UBA SEO opens this weekend in our new space in downtown Nevada City where we will feature gallery exhibits, retail, and workshop space. It is our desire to bring authentic Native American […]
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CHIRP Announces Acquisition of Creek Front Property in Nevada City
Nevada City, Calif. April 30, 2019 – The California Heritage: Indigenous Research Project (CHIRP)’s Board Chairman Niel Locke announced that CHIRP has successfully acquired property on Champion Mine Road. CHIRP is a tribally-guided non-profit organization with the mission to preserve, protect and perpetuate Nisenan Culture. “This is an important down payment toward recognition of the […]