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The Sogorea Te Land Trust

The Sogorea Te Land Trust

An urban Indigenous women-led land trust that facilitates the return of Indigenous land to Indigenous people

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  • Lisjan (Ohlone)
    • Lisjan History & Territory
    • Mak Noono Tiirinikma
  • Programs
    • Cultural Revitalization
    • Himmetka: In One Place, Together
    • Mitiini Numma Youth Program
  • Rematriation
    • Land in Rematriation
      • Lisjan (East Oakland)
      • ‘Ookwe (Richmond)
      • Rammay (West Oakland)
      • Rinihmu Pulte’irekne (Sequoia Point / Oakland Hills)
      • ‘Ištune
    • Return Land / Land Return
    • Rematriate the Land Fund
  • Media
    • Updates
    • Resource Library
    • Creative Collaborations
      • Hella Feminist Exhibition: STLT x OMCA
      • On Indigenous Land Field: STLT x Roots Soccer Team
      • Rematriate Billboard: STLT x NDN Collective
      • RETURNS: Participatory Rematriation
      • Rematriate the Land Poster: STLT x Jackie Fawn
      • Tule in the Sky Mural: STLT x Cece Carpio x Berkeley Rep
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Sogorea Te' Land Trust

Sogorea Te' Land Trust is an urban Indigenous women-led land trust that facilitates the return of Indigenous land to Indigenous people.

OUR VISION
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Cultural Revitalization

We are revitalizing the rich cultural and spiritual traditions of our ancestors through our projects and everyday practices.

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Rematriate the Land

Rematriate: to restore a people to their rightful place in sacred relationship with their ancestral land

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Speak of the Ohlone in the present

Ohlone people are still here and fighting for their ancestral land.

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The Shuumi Land Tax is a voluntary annual contribution that non-Indigenous people make to support the vital work of the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust.

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THE EAST BAY IS TRADITIONAL LISJAN OHLONE LAND.

Sogorea Te’ Land Trust cultivates rematriation.
Sogorea Te’ calls on us all to heal and transform the legacies of colonization, genocide, and patriarchy and to do the work our ancestors and future generations are calling us to do.

Shuumi Means Gift in Chochenyo.
The Shuumi Land Tax is an invitation to support the vital work of the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust, a small step towards acknowledging the history of genocide on this land and contributing to its healing. GIVE SHUUMI

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OUR PROGRAMS

Cultural Revitalization
Relationship Building
HOW TO COME CORRECT 2.0

Our work is made possible by the strength and leadership of Indigenous women and culture keepers, and we are also supported by many allies and accomplices of all different backgrounds engaging with the vision of Rematriation.

We are really just beginning to learn how to navigate what it means to acknowledge the history of the land we are on, and build meaningful relationships. As we move towards transforming our relationships to the land we are on, here are some tips for how to engage with our work!
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Cultural Revitalization
Returning to Ancestral Practices
An essential part of our work of rematriation is regenerating and returning to the cultural knowledges and practices that were lost in colonization. We are revitalizing the rich cultural and spiritual traditions of our ancestors through our projects and everyday practices.
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Himmetka
Himmetka: Getting Ready Together
Our Himmetka program develops community resiliency centers to prepare for natural and human-made emergencies and mitigate the impacts of climate change.
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Youth Program
Mitiini Numma Youth Program!
We are inviting creative and innovative Black, Indigenous and youth of color who want to learn more about the land they are on for our very first Indigenous-led youth program!
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UPDATES FROM OUR BLOG

Houseless on Indigenous Land

March 7, 2023

A collaboration with Street Sheet Newspaper and Oakland Street Newspaper “Two hundred fifty years ago,…

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Celebrating  Land Return 

December 19, 2022
On December 13 members of  Sogorea Te’ Land Trust, The Confederated Villages of Lisjan Nation,…
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More than 100 Cultural Items Voluntarily Returned

November 21, 2022
More than 100  Indigenous cultural items were voluntarily returned to Indigenous people during a “participatory…
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Ya Nuunukne Fall 2022 Newsletter

November 20, 2022

As we continue our work of Rematriation, we invite our community and supporters to read our stories…

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RETURNS

November 15, 2022

Invitation to Participatory Rematriation This November dont just thanks, give things taken back. Indigenous cultural…

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Sogorea Te’ Land Trust at City Council November 1st

October 27, 2022
Support the Return of Sequoia Point!
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Sogorea Te Land Trust
Stolen Land Unceded Land Indigenous Land These Stolen Land 
Unceded Land 
Indigenous Land 

These aren’t just words to say before a meeting or event. 

You are on Indigenous Land and Indigenous people are still here. 

How can you contribute to healing the legacy of land theft? 

What can you do to contribute to justice for Indigenous people where you are? 

ID: in the foreground is a post with covered in stickers,  with one that  reads Stolen Land, Unceded Land, Indigenous Land. In the background is an out of focus stretch of land reaching into the  water of the SF Bay with gentle hills in the distance against a blue sky. 

#DoYourPart #StolenLand #UncededLand #IndigenousLand  #TheBayArea #TheTown #StillHere #SogoreaTeLandTrust #UrbanIndigenous #WomenLed #LandeReturn #LandBack #Rematriation
🦋 Húúyikne Tiwši Warep 🌸 Happy Spring Eq 🦋 Húúyikne Tiwši Warep 🌸

Happy Spring Equinox! Today, and everyday, is a good day to practice being a good guest to the land you’re on! Honor it’s histories that are interwoven with the physical and cultural landscapes, and do your part to caretake for this land. 

Graphic by @tamitnicill 

#Rematriation #LandBack #IndigenousWomenLed #SpringEquinox 

[ID: Video of pink yarrow on rematriated land with text “Húúyikne tiwši warep,” in the Chochenyo language]
Mitiini Numma at Indigenous Red Market! Enjoyed al Mitiini Numma at Indigenous Red Market! Enjoyed all artists, dancers, singers, performers, food makers and local vendors! Loved being in community thank you @indigenousredmarket ! 🤎

#mitiininumma #sogoreatelandtrust #indigenousredmarket #community #oakland #youthprogram
🌿 Dreaming of LandBack at Rinihmu Pulte’irekn 🌿 Dreaming of LandBack at Rinihmu Pulte’irekne 🌟

#rematriation #landback #indigenouswomenled 

[ID: oak tree covered in moss at the rematriated land of rinihmu pulte’irekne]
Tending & Cultivating Indigenous Land 🌿 #remat Tending & Cultivating Indigenous Land 🌿

#rematriatetheland #landback #indigenousstewardship #ittakesavillage
How to Come Correct 2.0 is Live! 🌼 The work of How to Come Correct 2.0 is Live! 🌼

The work of Sogorea Te’ Land Trust is made possible by the strength, resilience, leadership, and labor of Indigenous women and culture keepers. We are also supported by many allies and accomplices of all different backgrounds engaging with the vision of Rematriation.

As we move towards transforming our relationships to our history and the land we are on, we’ve collaboratively put together tips for how to engage with our work.

Check out the full How to Come Correct on our website now in the link in our bio, or the resource library, featuring a downloadable file to share with your communities! 

Graphics & Resource Designed and Edited by Viola LeBeau @tamitnicill 

Photos by Ines Ixierda, Eliana Hernandez and Niko Niumeitolu

[ID: Flora from land sites with text from STLT’s How to Come Correct resource]

#howtocomecorrect #rematriation #landback #indigenousled #reciprocity
Make media with us! Our creative crew is accepti Make media with us! 

Our creative crew is accepting applications for a Spring Social Media Fellow. 

We are looking for a creative person interested in getting hands on experience in media making, photography, graphic  design, video or other form of visual expression. Send a resume, art sample, and note about why you are interested to ines@rematriatetheland.org by April 1, 2023. 

Image is glitchy blue  and pink background with the  above text in pink and white letters. 

#creativecrew #mediateam #iso #fellow #sogoreatelandtrust #urbanindigenous  #womenled #culturalwork
One way we practice reconnecting to the land in Hu One way we practice reconnecting to the land in Huchiun is working to learn and revitalize the Chochenyo language by introducing youth in Mitiini Numma to the language. ✨ We are thankful to language keeper and land team staff member Deja Gould for introducing us to the names of California native plants in our pilot wave and introductory words and numbers this wave. By speaking Chochenyo, we are able to call upon ancestors and revalitize the connection between language and land 🗣🌱🤎

🎥: Eliana 

ID: Video of Chochenyo language lesson featuring a slide of 2 hands, with numbers 1-10 in Chochenyo on each finger. 

#mitiininumma #sogoreatelandtrust #revitalization #Chochenyo #language #1-10 #youthprogram
Irhiti Ujima Beautiful day on the land before th Irhiti Ujima 

Beautiful day on the land before the rain. 🌱 

📷 @tamitnicill 

ID: a Longview of gentle green hills peppered with trees and yellow flowers. There is an expansive bright blue sky with fluffy clouds in the distance. 

#sogoreatelandtrust #landday #indigenousland #rematriatetheland #landreturn #returntoland
Our Struggles are braided together beyond borders. Our Struggles are braided together beyond borders. 

Happy International Women's Day!  Great time to learn about and support women led projects across the world.  Tag your favorites below. 

Art by @ines_ixierda 

Image is an image of a hand drawn sweetgrass braid tied in a circle. In the middle there is simple line drawings of generations of Indigenous women with long braids looking into the future. In the background there is a turquoise gradient  with teal line work of deconstructed world maps. 

#womensday #celebratewomen #acrossborders #arestugglesareunited #sogoreatelandtrust #urbanindigneous #womenled #rematriation
Meet the Matriarch! Julie Hernandez (Lumbee/French Meet the Matriarch! Julie Hernandez (Lumbee/French Canadian)

Julie was a founding member of the Sogorea Te Land Trust Board of Directors and  long-time activist and organizer working in social justice, environmental justice, defending the rights of our youth, and honoring and preserving our Native cultures.  She walked hundreds of miles in prayer to protect Sacred Sites and has been involved in Shellmound defense, American Indian Movement, Indian People Organizing for Change,  NMSF, Silver Buffalo Consortium, as well as working with significant others of Combat veterans with PTSD over many years. 

Julie continued her journey in 2020. We are forever grateful for her contribution to this world and celebrate her legacy, continuing this work in our communities.  Rest in power Julie Hernandez. 

ID: Julie, an Indigenous elder with grey short hair and glasses is wearing a black shirt embroidered with bright  flowers in red, orange, turquoise and greens.  She is holding a screen-fprinted sign on a stick that has an image of a baby in a cradle board,  graphic lines, and the words" Protect Water, Climate and Communities." She is smiling.

#MeetTheMatriarch #MatriarchyMondays #JulieHernandez #shero #womenshistorymonth #sogoreatelandtrust #urbanindigenous #womenled
✨🧡✨ #poppies #poppin ✨🧡✨

#poppies #poppin
Indigenous Matriarchy! RETURN IT ALL! Special lim Indigenous Matriarchy! RETURN IT ALL!

Special limited edition release for Matriarchy March!  All proceeds benefit the Rematriate the Land Fund, returning land to Indigenous hands in one of the most expensive “real estate markets” in the country, aka  Lisjan Ohlone Territory.  Git it, 🤘🏽in the  Links^ 

 Design by @Inés Ixierda 

Video is a dark screen with  turquoise words spinning in that read Indigenous Matriarchy in the style of the Metallica logo. The words RETURN IT ALL  appear and dissolve into a turquoise Sogorea Te Land Trust logo. 

#returnitall #matriarchy #indigenousmatriarchy #matriarchymarch #womenshistorymonth #sogoreatelandtrust #fundraiser #rematriatetheland #landback #backtoland
Rammay Garden. 🌸 ID: close up photos of apple Rammay Garden. 🌸

ID: close up photos of apple tree flowers, and rosemary in bloom, white sage, and a fluffy blossoming plum with a bright blue sky at Rammay Garden. 

📷 @hairthatmoves_ 

#Rammay #WestOakland #IndigenousLand
Many Hands 🙌🏾 Throwback to weaving our firs Many Hands 🙌🏾

Throwback to weaving our first Tule Boat from harvest to inaugural journey in the waters at the sacred site Sogorea Te. 

ID:  An image of two brown hands tying the final knot of a traditional Tule boat against a deep blue background with faint constellations followed by 5 close up photos of brown hands working together to bunde and weave a bright green tule reeds, with glimpses of a turquoise background.

#tbt  #tule #californianative #plantally #tuleboat #manyhands #sogoreate #sogoreatelandtrust #urbanindigenous #womenled #culturalregeneration #rematriation #landback #backtoland
Making women's history every day! Celebrating th Making women's history every day! 

Celebrating the first day of Matriarchy March with a shout out to Sogorea Te Land Trust co-founders Corrina Gould and Johnella LaRose for starting the first urban Indigenous women led land trust in the country! 

 Guided by ancestors and rooted in decades of grassroots sacred site and cultural activism, meetings in cars, and their wild dreams, Sogorea Te now stewards more than five sites, hosting gardens, housing, emergency preparedness, cultural regeneration, language and youth programs, with more in the works. 

ID: A black and white photo of  Corrina and Johnella, two Indigenous matriarchs, standing next to each other  in a field with long dark braids down their back. They are looking into the distance, where there are people gathered listening. 

Photo from the Lisjan blessing of the land by Holly Sheehan. 

  #MatriarchyMarch #matriarchylives #womenshistorymonth #indigenouswomen #womenleaders #urbanindigneous #womenled #historyinthemaking #landtrust #landreturn #rematriation #sogoreatelandtrust
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