Reclaiming Our Stories: Reflecting on the Land

Description

Developed in partnership with California Humanities, Reclaiming Our Stories: Reflecting on the Land focuses on the past, present, and future of the land that now makes up California, its stories, and its peoples.

New exhibition Reclaiming Our Stories: Reflecting on the Land encourages visitors to reflect on the physical land that Californians all live on, and its deep and continuing connections to California Native communities. The exhibit, divided into four sections, connects to Native history, sovereignty, and self-determination in the past, present, and future.

Reclaiming Our Stories: Reflecting on the Land is an extension of Reclaiming Our Stories: Voices of Indigenous Peoples of California, a six-part podcast series developed by California Humanities that centers California Native voices to explore history, culture, and contemporary life across the state. Through Indigenous-led conversations, artistic interludes, and place-based reflection, the podcast highlights the lived experiences and cultural continuity of Native peoples across California—home to more than 200 tribes. The series invites listeners to engage with history, community, and identity through multiple perspectives and ways of knowing.

Reclaiming Our Stories: Reflecting on the Land is advised by the Reclaiming Our Stories advisory committee: Chris Peters (Puhlik-lah/Karuk), Deborah Sanchez (Chumash, O’odham and Raramuri), and Christina Snider-Ashtari (Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians). Artwork elements are created by Monica Zavala (Gabrielino/Tongva).

Reflecting on the Land is an exhibition from California Humanities developed with support from Exhibit Envoy, thanks to generous funding from the 11th Hour Project, By the People: Conversations Beyond 250, and the Weingart Foundation.