We respectfully acknowledge that the land currently occupied by the Sacramento Dharma Center is the traditional home of Nisenan, Miwok (Miwuk, Mi-Wuk, Me-Wuk), as well as potentially unrecognized people. We recognize this land was taken repeatedly with no compensation or regard for the lives and traditions of the original people. We honor our Nisenan and Miwok tribal neighbors for their contributions as stewards of the land and their sustained existence.
Learn Whose Native Land You Occupy
May this Land Acknowledgement be a step towards creating a more inclusive future where Indigenous People’s voices, lives, and history are honored and celebrated.
Untold: The Survival of California’s Indians
“Untold History: The Survival of California’s Indians” tells the narrative of California’s Indigenous populations through the Spanish period, Mission system, American colonizers, Gold Rush Era, Indian boarding schools, and Termination.
California Heritage: Indigenous Research Project
“California Heritage: Indigenous Research Project (CHIRP) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit focused on researching, documenting, preserving, and protecting California Indigenous Nisenan culture.”
LANDBACK
“LANDBACK is a movement that has existed for generations with a long legacy of organizing and sacrifice to get Indigenous Lands back into Indigenous hands. Currently, there are LANDBACK battles being fought all across Turtle Island, to the north and the South.”
Nevada City Rancheria
“The Nevada City Rancheria was the original, federally recognized reservation of the Nisenan Tribe of California. It was created by executive order of President Woodrow Wilson in 1913 and terminated by Congress in 1964 along with other California Rancherias. During its existence, the Rancheria was home to Nisenan families with ancient roots in what is now Nevada County, California.”
Shingle Springs Rancheria
“The Shingle Springs Band Miwok Indians is a federally recognized Tribe located in El Dorado County, California. The members of the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians are descendants of the Miwok and Southern Maidu “Nisenan” Indians who thrived in California’s fertile central valley for thousands of years before contact with Europeans.”
News from Native California
News from Native California is a “quarterly magazine devoted to the vibrant cultures, arts, languages, histories, social justice movements, and stories of California’s diverse Indian peoples.”