![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The somber conversation in the classroom turns exuberant as Leung pulls out his phone to show two staff members the latest renderings for the new Roundhouse building under construction less than a block away. But they also now have a clearer vision for the future. Two years after the fire, Manning and Leung - both of whom work for the tribe’s fire department and are board members at the nonprofit Roundhouse Council - can still point to the loss that each vacant lot in town represents. “We lost (cultural) blueprints in that museum.” Shelby Leung shows staff of the Roundhouse Council renderings for the nonprofit’s new building. “Some of the stuff was the only one we had that we could look at and see how to make another one,” Manning said, adding that his family had stored numerous heirlooms at the museum, thinking it was the safest place in town. The fire was so hot it cracked the stone mortars in the Roundhouse Council’s educational center. The 2021 blaze, fueled by a combination of intense winds and dry conditions similar to what Lahaina experienced on the day of its deadly fire in August, destroyed more than 75% of structures in Greenville, along with the Greenville Rancheria tribe’s health clinic, fire department, administrative headquarters and a museum that held irreplaceable Maidu heirlooms and cultural artifacts. ![]()
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