HAPA's newest exhibit features 12 interrelated counterculture newsletters from our region, including this issue of United Stand News from July 1975. View the exhibit at the Southern Humboldt Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Center (782 Redwood Drive, Garberville) from November 4th until March 4th. Open Monday – Friday 8:30 – 4:30, closed for lunch 12:30 – 1:00.
Embark on a journey of renewal with the Salmon Ceremony Oral Histories: An Interactive Exhibit. Curated by the Humboldt Area Peoples Archive, this ground-breaking exhibit gives you an interactive experience of the Salmon Ceremony. Listen to the voices of Ruth and Barry speak about the meaning of the ceremony, look at the photos at the mouth of the Mattole, and discover the regalia and other objects from the Bear River Band. Developed in collaboration with the Bear River Band, the Mattole Salmon Group, Stacy Schaefer PhD, Ai Iwane and the Humboldt County Visitors Bureau.
The tree-sit villages on Greenwood Heights Road in Freshwater, Humboldt county, was started in August of 2002 in preparation for the 13-13-13 action, which involved 13 women in 13 trees for 13 days, lasting from September 23 to October 6, 2002 to safeguard Redwoods from being cut down.
HAPA is launching its 2024 Exhibit Series at the Clarke Historical Museum in Old Town, Eureka, CA. The year-long effort will explore the cultural as well as political life of heretofore neglected community histories.
Library science master’s student Avril is working with HAPA archivist Edith Butler on the Salmon Creek School, among other collections, a part of her studies for a Master of Library and Information Science. She is completing her degree from San Jose State University remotely, as a resident of Eureka and intends on remaining in Humboldt. Avril is passionate about preserving and making available the community’s history. In her free time, she loves hiking, swimming, archery, embroidery and other fiber arts, and baking.
New exhibits at the Southern Humboldt Chamber and Visitors Center