Memories of Fire Print
Art: Memories of Fire
Artist: Lorena (Rose) Davis // Tribal Council Elder - Nevada City Rancheria Nisenan Tribe
Collection: VTA 2023: Story of Land, Water, and People
Art Description: “This picture depicts a memory I have of my mother telling me of an event when she was 15 years old. A larger wildfire broke out at Standfield Hill where she was living with her Auntie and two old Indian ladies. The fire was getting very close so my mother put the women in the creek and covered them with wet blankets while she and a friend tried to help carry water to put out the fire. My mother noticed a field fenced with barbed wire where horses and cows were trapped in a frenzy. Mom ran to the fence and started cutting. All of a sudden, she realized she could be trampled. She said the animals started running through the cut fence. Miraculously, they went right around her. A few days later she went back to that area, she said it was sad because the animals that couldn’t make it out were hanging from the fence dead.
This moment might pale in comparison to the catastrophic fires we face today. With the privatization of land and the countless fences that come with it, we disrupt and diminish the natural environment and wild landscape. Had my mom not been able to cut the fence that day who knows how many more animals would have perished? It was important for me to tell this story as a part of this exhibit. All of the elements of Land, Water, and People felt alive in this memory from my mother.”
Print Size: 9” x 12”
Art: Memories of Fire
Artist: Lorena (Rose) Davis // Tribal Council Elder - Nevada City Rancheria Nisenan Tribe
Collection: VTA 2023: Story of Land, Water, and People
Art Description: “This picture depicts a memory I have of my mother telling me of an event when she was 15 years old. A larger wildfire broke out at Standfield Hill where she was living with her Auntie and two old Indian ladies. The fire was getting very close so my mother put the women in the creek and covered them with wet blankets while she and a friend tried to help carry water to put out the fire. My mother noticed a field fenced with barbed wire where horses and cows were trapped in a frenzy. Mom ran to the fence and started cutting. All of a sudden, she realized she could be trampled. She said the animals started running through the cut fence. Miraculously, they went right around her. A few days later she went back to that area, she said it was sad because the animals that couldn’t make it out were hanging from the fence dead.
This moment might pale in comparison to the catastrophic fires we face today. With the privatization of land and the countless fences that come with it, we disrupt and diminish the natural environment and wild landscape. Had my mom not been able to cut the fence that day who knows how many more animals would have perished? It was important for me to tell this story as a part of this exhibit. All of the elements of Land, Water, and People felt alive in this memory from my mother.”
Print Size: 9” x 12”
Art: Memories of Fire
Artist: Lorena (Rose) Davis // Tribal Council Elder - Nevada City Rancheria Nisenan Tribe
Collection: VTA 2023: Story of Land, Water, and People
Art Description: “This picture depicts a memory I have of my mother telling me of an event when she was 15 years old. A larger wildfire broke out at Standfield Hill where she was living with her Auntie and two old Indian ladies. The fire was getting very close so my mother put the women in the creek and covered them with wet blankets while she and a friend tried to help carry water to put out the fire. My mother noticed a field fenced with barbed wire where horses and cows were trapped in a frenzy. Mom ran to the fence and started cutting. All of a sudden, she realized she could be trampled. She said the animals started running through the cut fence. Miraculously, they went right around her. A few days later she went back to that area, she said it was sad because the animals that couldn’t make it out were hanging from the fence dead.
This moment might pale in comparison to the catastrophic fires we face today. With the privatization of land and the countless fences that come with it, we disrupt and diminish the natural environment and wild landscape. Had my mom not been able to cut the fence that day who knows how many more animals would have perished? It was important for me to tell this story as a part of this exhibit. All of the elements of Land, Water, and People felt alive in this memory from my mother.”
Print Size: 9” x 12”