About

California Heritage: Indigenous Research Project (CHIRP) is a Tribally-guided nonprofit dedicated to Preserving, Protecting, and Perpetuating Nisenan Culture. Due to its illegal federal termination in 1964, the Nevada City Rancheria (NCR) Nisenan Tribe is barred from accessing federal programming and services that support Tribal communities. To address the legal vacuum created by the Tribe’s federal disbandment, CHIRP acts as proxy for the NCR Nisenan Tribe. Together, CHIRP and the NCR Tribal Council work to identify, fund, and implement programs and projects to address and mitigate the ongoing social, environmental and racial injustices brought to the Tribe’s Homelands in 1848, until the time when the Tribe’s federal recognition and sovereignty is restored.