California Indian Heritage Center Foundation

06/02/2026

Honored Elders Day at the State Indian Museum is right around the corner! See you this Saturday - don't miss this important event!

05/04/2026

May 7th is 𝘽𝙞𝙜 𝘿𝙖𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙂𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 across all California nonprofits and we'll be honored if you support the foundation as we get closer to realizing the California Indian Heritage Center. Just two weeks ago, tribal leaders broke ground on Phase 1 - the Welcome Center, which is expected to be completed by this fall.

The Center aims to be a place where all California Natives can “just be," in the words of California Indian Heritage Center Foundation Chairperson Larry Myers. Your support of the foundation empowers Native leaders from across the state to shape the Center to best fit the needs of California’s diverse peoples.

"Now, 175 years into California’s statehood, we can finally say that we are following through on a commitment to honor the First People of this place,” Christina Snider-Ashtari, California’s tribal affairs secretary, said recently.

We appreciate anything to help us make the best California Indian Heritage Center possible. You can give at the link below.

https://tinyurl.com/5n6bps4s

Thank you!

05/04/2026

MMIW/MMIP awareness day is coming up this May 5th, a time to draw public attention to the crisis of missing people in Indian Country. Here are a couple ways California Natives can support the effort to draw awareness no matter where you are in the state:

𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗖𝗔 -

Pit River Tribe 2nd Annual MMIP Prayer Walk
May 5th, 12-4 PM
Meet at the intersection of Black Ranch Rd and CA-299 (Burney)

Feather River Tribal Health MMIP Awareness Day
May 5th, 1-3 PM
2210 5th Ave, Oroville

𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵𝘄𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗖𝗔 -

Yurok MMIP Awareness Day
May 5th, 12:30-4:30 PM
Adorni Center, Eureka

Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation MMIP Awareness Walk
May 5th, 9:30 AM-1 PM
Del Norte County Fairgrounds - Arts and Crafts Building, Crescent City

Hoopa Valley Tribe MMIP Event
May 8th, 3 PM-evening
Hoopa Neighborhood Facilities, Hoopa

𝗦𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼 -

MMIP Press Conference
May 6th, 9 AM
West Capitol Steps, Sacramento

MMIP Candlelight Vigil
May 6th, 6-9 PM
West Capitol Steps

𝗕𝗮𝘆 𝗔𝗿𝗲𝗮 -

Redemption Bay Area MMIW Awareness Event
May 9th, 12-3 PM
Seawolf Plaza, 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park

San Jose MMIP Self Defense Class
May 15th, 6 PM
Birch and Iron Fitness, San Jose

𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗮 -

Rincon Health center MMIP Awareness Day
May 5th, 10:45 AM-2 PM
IHC Rincon Health Center, 50100 Golsh Road, Valley Center

LA Unity Walk — Walk for Justice and Unity
May 5th, 10 AM, walk begins 11 AM
From Imperial Hwy and S. Figueroa to Los Angeles City Hall

03/15/2026

Mark your calendar for the groundbreaking of Phase I (Welcome Center) of the California Indian Heritage Center in West Sacramento! It is scheduled for April 13th at 4:30 pm at the site located at the confluence of the Sacramento and American Rivers. The event is open to the public and everyone is encouraged to attend!

Directions to the site:

https://caindianheritagecenter.org/resources/

https://caindianheritagecenter.org/

03/07/2026

One more day to take advantage of a free trip to the State Indian Museum! Proceeds from the museum giftshop go towards the foundation :)

Free Museum Weekend tickets are now open!

Twenty local museums from around the Sacramento region are collaborating to present the 2026 Free Museum Weekend on March 7-8, 2026. While tickets are free, advance registration is required to participate in the annual community event designed to increase museum access to all community members. Ticket registration opened on March 2 at 9 a.m. via sacmuseums.org. Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis, and registration will continue until March 5 at 5 p.m. or until all tickets have been secured. Some museums have already 'sold out', but there are still tickets available at select museums!

02/08/2026

For an engaging and accessible look at a long-overlooked part of Native history, check out "IndiVisible: African-Native American Lives in the Americas" this Black History Month!

Featuring photographs, illustrations, and more than a dozen thought-provoking essays and epic stories, the book sheds light on the long connection between Black and Native communities and celebrates the history of Afro-Natives in the Americas.

To support the foundation pick it up in the State Indian Museum bookstore in Midtown ;) open daily from 10 AM-5 PM!

01/27/2026

01/27/2026

Native representation at the Super Bowl this year!

Congrats to Brandon Pili (Inupiaq/Samoan), a Nose Tackle for the Seattle Seahawks defense, on advancing to Super Bowl LX!

He graded out in the top ten defensive PFF grade with a 64.4 in the NFC championship game.

12/18/2025

Holiday shopping time everyone!

Remember: the State Indian Museum Store (2618 K Street in Sacramento) is open 10:00 - 5:00 everyday between now and Christmas (closed Christmas day) and offers a large array of unique, Native-made, Native-owned, and Native motif gifts items.

Jewelry, toys, craft kits, mugs, tumblers, artwork, t-shirts, tiles, stickers, body care, and books for both adults & children. Something for everyone!

Shop locally with us and you help support Native artists and museum community programs.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

12/02/2025

Today, Giving Tuesday, we celebrate all donors, big and small, that help keep non-profits doing their good work.

Our organization supports educational programming and events at the State Indian Museum in Sacramento. Without your support, the amazing programs & events there that support Native community would not be possible.

Please take a moment to make a donation - any and all help us to help them. Thank you!



https://www.cihcfoundation.org/donate