# @sachistorymuseum on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CvvJJpoRyVv
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/76087578-sachistorymuseum-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-08-09T20:05:16.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Sacramento History Museum (@sachistorymuseum) — https://gondola.cc/sachistorymuseum

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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 resources prior to European-American contact. 

Some of the Native village names that inhabited what is today the City of Sacramento are Momoi, Sa’cum, Sama, Pusune, Sekumni, Yusumne, and Kadema. Today, active members of Native Californian Tribes remain committed to holding and preserving their cultural heritage and working with historic sites and museums to make sure a more holistic history is discussed and interpreted. 

Recently, the Sacramento History Museum opened a new exhibit titled Mómtim Péwinan, River People that was curated by the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians Exhibits and Collections Center.  The all-new exhibit will remain on display permanently in the Museum’s third floor in the Community Gallery. The exhibit features items specifically made for this exhibit including four full-sized mannequins dressed in seasonal attire – plus regalia, tools, instruments, and games, all created by today’s tribal artisans using the techniques and knowledge of their ancestors.
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