August 9th is International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples! This day is a United Nations observed day, which began in 1982, to raise awareness of human rights for Indigenous people. Indigenous peoples are the stewards of a vast diversity of unique cultures, languages, traditions, and knowledge systems. Today we honor and celebrate Native people and commemorate their culture and history in not only the United States but across the world. On this day, we want to acknowledge and recognize that the Sacramento History Museum resides on the traditional territory and ancestral homelands of the Nisenan Tribal people. The Sacramento Valley was, and still is, land that has been inhabited for thousands of years since time immemorial by the Nisenan, Miwok, Patwin, and Maidu people. Specifically, for Sacramento, the area was made up small villages consisting of a couple dozen to a few hundred people that enjoyed prosperous and secure lives and were stewards of the land and its natural res...