Hello Good People,

We (Sarah and Karisha) believe it is of vital importance in these times to be moving resources back to the original people of the lands on which we are all living. This is a complex situation we are in, in that many of us were born and now live on land that was stolen from it’s original people. We feel deeply that it is time to step forward, especially those of us who are in white bodies, to support indigenous led projects in achieving their aims. As an act of recognition of the history we all share and as a movement towards repair for injustices that have happened and are still happening to these communities, we invite you to be a part of this benefit for CHIRP May 5th. This concert is one way to help make visible the native Nisenan people who have been invisibilized and “unrecognized” by the federal government . They are working to restore their status as a recognized tribe which will affect their rights as a people. Join us for an evening of music, poetry, and deep learning while getting behind this community achieving their goal of sharing their story and being federally recognized.

TICKETS will be by your donation to the Go Fund Me in this link—-> TICKETS

Lyla June, Mariee Sioux, Nikila Badua, MaMuse and other inspiring artists will step forward to lift up CHIRP in their good works May 5th from 6-9pm.

MaMuse specifically will play from 8-8:10.

CALIFORNIA HERITAGE INDIGENOUS RESEARCH PROJECT (CHIRP) was created to research, document, preserve, and protect California Indigenous Nisenan culture. CHIRP has been following the history and stories of the Foothill Nisenan people of the Nevada City Rancheria, and has played an important role in the re-introduction of the Nisenan people to the non-native community now residing in the Nisenan homelands of the Bear and Yuba river watersheds, especially in Nevada County where the Nisenan once had a federally recognized reservation.

CHIRP continues to support the Nisenan in their quest to re-establish themselves as federally-recognized Indigenous people in the foothills where their families have resided for thousands of years.