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The Maidu Regional Park is located in Roseville, California. This 152- acre park has a small museum and historic site . The grounds also consist of the Maidu Community Center, the Maidu Branch Library, and Veterans Memorial Rose Garden.
The Maidu Museum & Historic Site is an interpretive center [1] museum dedicated to public education about the Maidu peoples of what is now California, United States.. The museum sits at an ancient site where Nisenan Maidu families lived for 3,000 years.
Original title: Maidu Headmen with Treaty Commissioners--widely regarded as charlatans [a]--O. M. Wozencraft is center front; around August 1, 1851 at Rancho Arroyo Chico. Estimates for the pre-contact populations of most native groups in California have varied substantially.
Ansel Adams Center for Photography, "Constructing Histories: Portraits of Native Americans", 1998 [8] Crocker Art Museum, 2001 [7] Maidu Interpretive Center, Roseville, California, "Honoring Hudessi, 2001 [9] Autry National Center, "Picturing the People", 2007–2008 [10] Grace Hudson Museum, 2008 [11] Oakland Museum of California, 2010 [5]
This list of museums in California is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
Grinding holes, Strap Ravine Nisenan Maidu Indian Site, 1970 Johnson Ranch Road, Roseville, California, 2014. An abundant source of food came from acorns. In the fall, villagers helped to forage for acorns. Long poles were used to acquire the acorns. Acorns were harvested in a granary. Acorns were then ground and made into mush, gruels, or cakes.
Marie Mason Potts (1895 – 1978) was a Mountain Maidu cultural leader, activist, educator, writer, journalist, and editor. [1] [2] She was an influential California Native American activist who travel lectured on tribal sovereignty, heritage, and cultural preservation. [3]
Exhibits focus on Plumas County, including the Maidu people, the California Gold Rush, the logging industry, [1] and the local community. [ 2 ] In addition to artifacts on display, the museum houses an archive of over 5,000 photographs, as well as documents, and a 1,000-item map collection.