Although Judith Lowry’s Native American ancestry leads back to Lassen County, the Nevada City resident uses her art to raise awareness of local indigenous people’s efforts to preserve their culture. “I think her art brings people into a subject that is sometimes difficult to talk about and hard to understand if you aren’t in the culture,” said Shelly Covert, a member of the Nevada City Rancheria Tribal Council. Lowry is much more than an artist. She has published a children’s book that is growing in popularity, works with various Nevada County nonprofit charitable organizations and has been known to weigh …