Nevada Indian Commission

CARSON CITY — The Stewart Indian School Cultural Center and Museum announced Thursday it is reopening to the public on Tuesday, Jan. 19, the day after the nation celebrates Martin Luther King Day.

Nevada Indian Commission Commissioner Lori Pasqua will be honored with a posthumous Bachelor of Arts degree by the University of Nevada-Reno at its winter commencement on Saturday. Her family will accept this honorary degree on her behalf.

The Stewart Indian School Cultural Center’s Museum Director Bobbi Rahder will be the guest speaker at the next Rotary Club of Carson City meeting. The meeting takes place online Tuesday, November 24, at 12:30 P.M.

CARSON CITY — Envisioning a future that incorporates the values of indigenous people, Gov. Sisolak has proclaimed Oct. 12 Indigenous People’s Day in Nevada. The proclamation recognizes the Paiutes, Shoshone and Washoe nations as early inhabitants of the Great Basin, and it reiterates the state’s commitment to close the equity gap between indigenous people and the larger population.

CARSON CITY, Nev. — The Stewart Indian School Cultural Center & Museum will reopen to the public on Monday, July 20, thanks to a generous donation from the family of a former Stewart Indian School principal. Opened in January and closed to the public in March because of the current health crisis, the Cultural Center faced severe budget cuts.

The Nevada Division of Emergency Management is pleased to name Cassandra Darrough as DEM's Tribal Coordinator, helping with emergency management support for Nevada’s 27 federally-recognized Tribal Nations in close collaboration with Nevada Indian Commission.

Out of an abundance of caution for the safety of elders and all community members, today the Nevada Indian Commission announced the postponement of the grand opening of the Stewart Indian School Cultural Center & Museum.

Nevada Humanities presents the next installment of its bimonthly salon discussion series online Friday, May 15 on Facebook. The topic is Indigenous Narratives in the Modern Context and will feature a virtual discussion about journalism, jurisdictional issues and Indigenous narratives.

CARSON CITY — Out of an abundance of caution for the safety of elders and all community members, on Monday the Nevada Indian Commission announced the postponement of the grand opening of the Stewart Indian School Cultural Center & Museum, as well as the cancellation of the 2020 Stewart Father’s Day Powwow.

The Stewart Indian School Cultural Center and Museum was closed to the public on Friday and will remain so for the foreseeable future in response to the coronavirus crisis.

Every time Linda Eben Jones looks at a yardstick, she remembers the teacher who would strike her each morning, leaving red welts on the back of her legs.

For the first time, the general public can get a glimpse of life at Stewart Indian School, 130 years after the government boarding school opened in Carson City and 40 years after it was closed.

Hello Carson City and welcome to Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019. Events around the capital city include a monthly lunch series at the Nevada State Library featuring author, professor and poet Lindsay Wilson, a Sierra Nevada Forum discussion on Nevada's Native Tribes, past, present and future; heart and vascular screenings through Carson Tahoe Health and Wellness, a morning walk, evening hike and a bike ride with Muscle Powered, archery at Centennial Park, family craft and movie night at Carson City Library and more.

Gov. Steve Sisolak announced the appointment Tuesday of Stacey Montooth to the Nevada Indian Commission where she will serve as executive director beginning Sept. 1, 2019.

CARSON CITY — The Nevada Arts Council announced Friday the awarding of more than $1 million in statewide grants to 172 recipients ranging from individual artists to nonprofit organizations and public institutions for the 2020 fiscal year.

CARSON CITY — Nevada’s state museums are once again taking part in the national Blue Star Museums program, providing free admission to active-duty military personnel and their families.

The National Endowment for the Arts and Blue Star Families program, now in its 10th year, launched the 2019 program on Saturday, May 18 – Armed Forces Day – and it will stay in effect through the Labor Day Weekend.

CARSON CITY — The completion of the transcontinental railroad in the spring of 1869 changed America forever, dramatically reducing the time and cost for people and goods to move across country and accelerating the western expansion of the industrial revolution.

CARSON CITY — Leaders from 13 Nevada tribes have sent letters to President Donald Trump and Energy Secretary Rick Perry protesting the federal government’s shipment of a half metric ton of weapons-grade plutonium to the Nevada National Security Site without informing state government officials or the tribes.

CARSON CITY — Vanessa Aponte, a senior at Legacy High School in Las Vegas, is the 2019 Nevada State champion of Poetry Out Loud. The statewide competition for high school students started in the fall with more than 3,500 participants and narrowed to nine regional finalists for Saturday’s championships at the studios of KNPB Channel 5 Public Broadcasting in Reno.

Nevada Governor Kenny Guinn appointed Sherry Rupert to be executive director of the Nevada Indian Commission in September of 2005. Not too many years after Rupert’s appointment, plans began forming to develop a cultural center and museum on the campus of the Stewart Indian School, just a few miles south of Carson City, and AB44 is a part of the ongoing effort to bring that vision to reality.

CARSON CITY — Reno artist Kate O’Hara need only to open her door and look to the mountains to find inspiration for her creations.

O’Hara’s exhibit, “Botanica Obscura,” can be seen for the next three weeks at the Nevada Arts Council’s Legislative eXhibition Series (LXS) inside the Nevada Legislative Building in Carson City. Throughout the 2019 Legislative session, the works of six Nevada artists is being featured. O’Hara is the second of the six artists and her display will remain in place through March 15.

Hello Carson City, do you see what we see? With fresh snow expected in the Sierra overnight and holiday lights around town lighting up the night sky, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Will it be a white one in Carson City? As of Monday, Dec. 17, 2018, we're eight days away, so anything is possible. Here's what is happening around the capital city:

CARSON CITY — The Stewart Indian School Preservation Alliance, in partnership with the Nevada Indian Commission, will be premiering a new documentary, “Stewart Indian School: Home of the Braves,” on Monday, Dec. 17 at the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno.

The Stewart Indian School Preservation Alliance (SISPA) is proud to announce that tickets are now available to the Premiere Event of “Stewart Indian School: Home of the Braves,” Dec. 17 from 5-8 p.m.

CARSON CITY — The Nevada Indian Commission’s 2018 American Indian Achievement Awards are coming up Nov. 17 and there are only a few days left to nominate potential award winners. The deadline to submit nominations is Friday, Oct. 12.

CARSON CITY — With blessings delivered in the native languages of the Paiute, Western Shoshone and Washoe tribes, a new chapter in story of Stewart Indian School commenced on Wednesday.

CARSON CITY — Spiritual leaders from the Paiute, Washoe and Western Shoshone tribes will hold a special blessing ceremony at the site of the future Stewart Indian School Cultural Center and Museum this Wednesday, July 11.

CARSON CITY — This weekend’s Stewart Indian School Father’s Day Powwow is not only a tribute to generations of Native American customs and traditions, it’s also a glimpse into the future of the Stewart facility.

CARSON CITY — Spiritual leaders from the Paiute, Washoe and Western Shoshone tribes will conduct a special blessing ceremony at site of the future Stewart Indian School Cultural Center and Museum on Wednesday, July 11.