Nevada City, CA — Saturday, October 11th and Sunday, October 12th, 2025 in Nevada City, California, join the Nevada City Rancheria Nisenan Tribe and its supporting, Tribally-guided non-profit, CHIRP (California Heritage: Indigenous Research Project) for two immersive community events that explore erasure and reclamation. Nisenan Heritage Weekend 2025 unites the 16th Annual Nisenan Heritage Day with the launch of ‘Uba Seo’s seventh exhibition and Opening Art Reception, offering a weekend of Cultural learning, reflection, and story sharing.
Saturday, October 11, 2025 – Exhibition Launch and Opening Art Reception at ‘Uba Seo: Nisenan Arts and Culture Gallery. “Pamblo: Remembering a Forgotten Leader” may be our most captivating exhibition to date. Attend the reveal, meet artists, and enjoy light refreshments and hors d’oeuvres from 6:00pm – 9:00pm at 225 Broad Street, Nevada City.
Sunday, October 12, 2025 – The 16th annual NISENAN HERITAGE DAY (NHD): “Surviving Obscurity |Wisdom Despite Erasure” This year, the City of Nevada City joins our team co-hosting Nisenan Heritage Day at the historic Miners Foundry. NHD is a family friendly event, free and open to the public from 12:00pm – 4:00pm at 325 Spring Street, Nevada City.
“We are exceptionally proud to share two amazing events during Nisenan Heritage Weekend,” reflected Nevada City Rancheria Nisenan Tribal Spokesperson Shelly Covert. “Themes for both Nisenan Heritage Day and the ‘Uba Seo Exhibition Opening revolve around buried stories and the path of reclamation. With time, intention and great care, our latest efforts deliver a powerful demonstration of pairing collective Tribal memory with western historical records – culminating in unique educational experiences for the community and a powerful art exhibition. It is an exciting moment to celebrate Nisenan Culture together.”
Nisenan Heritage Day 2025 will celebrate CHIRP’s many organizational accomplishments while centering the Ancient wisdom inherent within the Nisenan Culture. The event will educate the public about Native sovereignty, bring visibility to the range of issues facing Indigenous peoples, and work to reconcile a problematic historical narrative with lived Tribal experiences. This year’s program includes presentations and panels on land rematriation and Tribal fire and land stewardship, a series of short films, a children’s activity corner, an exhibition talk with the ‘Uba Seo curators, partner information booths, CHIRP merchandise, and a raffle.
The ‘Uba Seo: Nisenan Arts and Culture Gallery 2025 Exhibition Launch and Opening Art Reception reveals our 7th installation, “Pamblo: Remembering a Forgotten Leader.”The evening offers an opportunity to meet the exhibition curators, learn more about the research, artwork, and Tribal oral histories that informed the production of the exhibition, and hear directly from. Nisenan Tribal artists about their experiences and how art has become a tool for healing and Cultural expression.
‘Uba Seo exhibitions are part of CHIRP’s Visibility Through Art (VTA) initiative. VTA is a community-driven art program and an 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 a major exhibition. This installation is funded in part by the Decolonizing Wealth Project: California Truth and Healing Fund (CATH), which supports California Native American tribes and Native-led organizations advancing truth, healing, and repair across the state.