Historical Marker · No. 991
State Indian Museum
Sacramento, Sacramento County · California
Erected by The Sacramento County Parlors of Native Daughters of the Golden West, December 15, 1940
The museum stands inside the grounds of Sutter's Fort, on Nisenan land, a short walk from walls that Nisenan and Miwok people were made to build. What it holds is their work and their neighbours', baskets and tools and regalia from nations across California, much of it gathered in the years after the state had paid for militia campaigns against the people who made it. The bronze on the wall went up in 1940, dedicates the building to American democracy, and names no nation.
What the plaque says
This museum dedicated to loyalty cooperation progress and to the ideals of American democracy by the Sacramento County Parlors of Native Daughters of the Golden West Dec 15 1940
Where it stands
38.57298, -121.47175 · Directions
Worth the stop nearby
- Sacramento — 1.9 miThe Gold Rush river port that became the state capital, and jacked itself ten feet into the air to stop drowning.
More markers nearby
- Sutter's Fort — steps away
- Coloma Road-Sutter's Fort — steps away
- New Helvetia Cemetery — 0.4 mi
- Chevra Kaddisha (Home of Peace Cemetery) — 0.4 mi