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Artist: Ruth Chase
Collection: VTA 2024: Story of Land, Water, and People
Description:
The painting is a culmination of a dialogue with Nevada City Rancheria Tribal Members who shared their historical knowledge of Nisenan Spirituality that can come through dreams.
The painting depicts a dark figure, perhaps the Creator, or represents contact with the dream world. The outline of the lighter figure is from a photo of Lorena Davis and represents the dreamer. The figures hover over ˀuƀa seo (Yuba River), with the sky above, and the Ancestral Homelands of the Nisenan, ˀestom janim (Marysville Buttes) in the background. On the sides of the figures are herbs, as it would be common for the dreamer, or “Knock Down Person”, to return from the dream with the knowledge that would help the Tribe, such as special herbs for healing, a premonition about migration routes, or a warning.
“In our culture, we are dreamers, where we learn new languages, and new things through our dreams.” - Saxon Thomas, Nevada City Rancheria Tribal Council, Member at Large
“I believe that we are visited through our dreams. “ - Cindy Buero, Nevada City Rancheria Tribal Member
“I was once visited by my late husband, John, who came to me in a dream to share a very important part of my future that helped me at a difficult time in my life.” - Lorena Davis, Nevada City Rancheria Tribal Council Member
Print Dimensions: 12” x 12”
Artist: Ruth Chase
Collection: VTA 2024: Story of Land, Water, and People
Description:
The painting is a culmination of a dialogue with Nevada City Rancheria Tribal Members who shared their historical knowledge of Nisenan Spirituality that can come through dreams.
The painting depicts a dark figure, perhaps the Creator, or represents contact with the dream world. The outline of the lighter figure is from a photo of Lorena Davis and represents the dreamer. The figures hover over ˀuƀa seo (Yuba River), with the sky above, and the Ancestral Homelands of the Nisenan, ˀestom janim (Marysville Buttes) in the background. On the sides of the figures are herbs, as it would be common for the dreamer, or “Knock Down Person”, to return from the dream with the knowledge that would help the Tribe, such as special herbs for healing, a premonition about migration routes, or a warning.
“In our culture, we are dreamers, where we learn new languages, and new things through our dreams.” - Saxon Thomas, Nevada City Rancheria Tribal Council, Member at Large
“I believe that we are visited through our dreams. “ - Cindy Buero, Nevada City Rancheria Tribal Member
“I was once visited by my late husband, John, who came to me in a dream to share a very important part of my future that helped me at a difficult time in my life.” - Lorena Davis, Nevada City Rancheria Tribal Council Member
Print Dimensions: 12” x 12”