Every Day Is Indigenous Day In Sactown
Sacramento Is on Nisenan Land
The history of the Sacramento area was and will always be the tribal land of the Nisenan people.
California Heritage Indigenous Research Project (CHIRP) is a California nonprofit 501(c)(3). CHIRP's mission is to preserve, protect, and perpetuate Nisenan Culture and support the Tribe’s efforts to restore its federal recognition.
CHIRP is organizing the Homeland Return fundraiser to benefit The Nevada City Rancheria Nisenan Tribe left with no land to call its own after the gold rush and legislation aimed at Native Americans. It is a time-limited opportunity to re-establish a homeland with a purchase of 232 acres located on a historic Nisenan Village site.