Reclaiming Our Stories continues its journey.
Some stories aren’t meant to stay in one place.
This month, we’re proud to launch Reclaiming Our Stories: Reflecting on the Land, a new traveling exhibition co-created by California Humanities and Exhibit Envoy. The exhibition builds on Reclaiming Our Stories: Voices of Indigenous Peoples of California, our six-part podcast series that invited listeners to hear directly from California Native leaders, artists, historians, and community members.
Now, those conversations move beyond our headphones and into museums across the state, creating new opportunities for visitors to experience, reflect, and connect.
Reflecting on the Land invites us to see California’s landscapes differently.
From redwood forests and mountain ranges to rivers, deserts, coastlines, and valleys, the places we know today have long been places of connection, ecological tending, creativity, and belonging to California Native communities. Through powerful storytelling, artwork, and place-based reflection, the exhibition encourages visitors to consider the histories embedded in the land beneath our feet and the enduring relationships Native peoples continue to have with it today.
Like the podcast that inspired it, this exhibition reminds us that these stories are not confined to the past.
“Stories are the foundation on how we understand ourselves and the world around us, and they help shape the future. This exhibition invites us to slow down, reflect on the land beneath our feet, and recognize that the stories of the past and the ones we tell today will continue to shape our communities long into the future,” said mariana Aq’ab’al moscoso, Senior Program Officer, California Humanities.
The exhibition’s first installation opens this month at the California Museum, marking the beginning of its journey to museums across the state. We’ll be sharing updates as it travels to new communities and inspires conversations along the way.
As the exhibition begins its statewide tour, we hope it sparks meaningful conversations in every community it visits and encourages all of us to reflect on our shared relationship with the land and with one another.
Because stories are meant to be shared.
And some of the most meaningful journeys begin by seeing familiar places through new eyes.
