Nevada City Rancheria Nisenan tribal spokesperson Shelly Covert talks about some of the collaboration that went into the artwork created for the grand opening of the ‘Uba Seo Gallery, and the Visibility Through Art show, titled “Destruction of the Land, Destruction of the People.” The opening reception with appetizers and wine is from 6 to 9 p.m. tonight at 225 Broad St. in Nevada City.
Photo: Elias Funez
The California Heritage Indigenous Research Project is celebrating the grand opening of the ‘Uba Seo Nisenan Arts and Culture gallery with a reception for the fifth annual Visibility Through Art show, titled “Destruction of the Land, Destruction of the People” from 6 to 9 p.m. tonight at 225 Broad St. in Nevada City.
California Heritage: Indigenous Research Project presents 5th annual Visibility Through Art exhibition in new gallery, opening today
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Shelly Covert stands on the Deer Creek Tribute Trail, near where in 2018 the California Heritage: Indigenous Research Project acquired 32 acres of land. Covert is the spokesperson for the Nevada City Rancheria Nisenan Tribe and executive director of CHIRP. (Photo by Kial James)
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Back Q&A May 6, 2021 By Sena Christian Shelly Covert proudly identifies as Nisenan, an Indigenous tribe whose ancestral lands are situated in the Yuba River and American River watersheds in what is now Nevada County. Her identity also ties directly into her day job as spokesperson for the Nevada City Rancheria Nisenan Tribe and executive director of the
In January 1848, six Mormon men bunked together in a small wood cabin along the South Fork of the American River in Cullumah, as the Nisenan named the land where they had lived for thousands of years, meaning “beautiful valley.” The men, part of the U.S. Army Mormon Battalion, had traveled from Iowa to San Diego to fight in the Mexican-American War, which, fortuitously or not, was close to an end upon their arrival. The war allowed the victorious United States to acquire more than 500,000 square miles of Mexican territory from the Rio Grande to the Pacific Ocean. Undeterred, the men headed north to become laborers at John Sutter’s sawmill
Community artists Jenny Hale and Lisa Barker’s first iteration of Project Wild Edge, an immersive theater performance meant to explore the complicated nature of the wild urban interface, will take place from noon to 12:50 p.m. Saturday on the Wolf Creek Trail in Grass Valley.
The event coincides with the Bear Yuba Land Trust’s NatureFest, which will take place that same day from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Cascade Canal, Litton, Wolf Creek and Alan Thiesen trails.
Hale, Project Wild Edge’s co-creative director, said the first practice performance this weekend will give actor-dancers and viewers alike an opportunity to connect with the life and art source before the final performance takes place in spring 2022.
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