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Nevada City Nisenan
Historians, past and present, assumed that the Nisenan Indians of the northern Sierra foothills—living at the epicenter of the California gold rush—had been exterminated. Not so.
Why—and how— the Nevada City Indian community survived into the twentieth century is noteworthy, for Nevada City was no remote hinterland, but rather a place squarely in the path of “progress” in its most virulent form: environmentally destructive, industrial mining.
Based upon archival research and offering new thoughts, new images, and new information, this study is primarily aimed at returning the Nisenan experience to local knowledge.
Why—and how— the Nevada City Indian community survived into the twentieth century is noteworthy, for Nevada City was no remote hinterland, but rather a place squarely in the path of “progress” in its most virulent form: environmentally destructive, industrial mining.
Based upon archival research and offering new thoughts, new images, and new information, this study is primarily aimed at returning the Nisenan experience to local knowledge.
184 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2022
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January 26, 2025
Picked this up at a local bookstore in Nevada City. I so wish more people could read this, to understand not only the racial oppression and exploitation towards Nisenan people, but also how much the natural landscape has been altered by human activities, and the wisdom in traditional indigenous lifestyles.
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