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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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    • Purpose and Vision
    • Our History
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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 Sites
      • Lisjan, East Oakland
      • ‘Ookwe, Richmond
      • Rammay, West Oakland
      • Rinihmu Pulte’irekne, Oakland Hills
      • ‘Ištune, Oakland
    • Return Land / Land Return
    • Rematriate the Land Fund
  • Media
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    • Resources
    • Creative Collaborations
      • Hella Feminist Exhibition
      • On Indigenous Land Field
      • Rematriate Billboard
      • RETURNS
      • Jackie Fawn Poster
      • Tule in the Sky Mural
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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.

OUR STORY
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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 WORK

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
Ya Nuunukne Spring Newsletter!
OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE SOGOREA TE' LAND TRUST

As we continue our work of Rematriation, we invite our community and supporters to read our stories and updates from the land, and our growing programs and projects. Check out the Ya Nuunukne Spring 2023 Newsletter of the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust here!
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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

Many Nations One Land

May 15, 2023

American Indian Music and Cultural Arts Festival June 10, 2023 Save the date for this…

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Ya Nuunukne Spring 2023 Newsletter

April 25, 2023

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

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Every Day is Earth Day on Indigenous Land

March 31, 2023

Clean up challenge! Every year we get hundreds of requests from people who want to…

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How To Come Correct Update!

March 24, 2023

Protocols, Guidelines, and Invitations Our essential reading How To Come Correct has been updated! With…

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Spring Social Media Fellowship!

March 12, 2023

Make media with us! Our creative crew is accepting applications for a Spring Social Media…

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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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All In Reciprocity 🌿 Hanging out with our frie All In Reciprocity 🌿

Hanging out with our friends from @movementgeneration yesterday! 

#landback #rematriation #bundlesbundlesbundles
“Paying attention is a form of reciprocity with “Paying attention is a form of reciprocity with the living world, receiving the gifts with open eyes and open heart.”

Robin Wall Kimmerer, 
Braiding Sweetgrass 

[ID: Bright red and orange poppies, purple Borage, yellow calendula flowers, and deep magenta roses blooming in a rematriated garden]

#reciprocity #rematriation #sogoreatelandtrust #urbanindigneous #womenled #landtrust #landreturn #returntoland
Catch us Indigenous Red Market today! Cultural A Catch us Indigenous Red Market today! 

Cultural Arts, vendors, food, music and Sogorea Te’ swag. 
Come through! 

#indigenousoakland #redmarket #urban #ndn #thriving ##sogoreatelandtrust #womenled #rematriation
Mitiini Numma youth program growing the truth at A Mitiini Numma youth program growing the truth at Alcatraz 🌊🪨
In our visit to the island, youth visited the Rose Terrace 🌹🌿 The Rose Terrace is a place where roses have survived a harsh environment and thrived unattended for decades!

[ID: group of youth and a park ranger overlooking The Bay from Alcatraz Island. Purple and yellow flowers surround them.]
🌿 On The Land 🌼 [ID: The Sogorea Te’ crew 🌿 On The Land 🌼

[ID: The Sogorea Te’ crew out on the land at ‘Ihrite Ujima]

#rematriation #landback #doingthework #landismedicine
Many Nations, One Land! Save the date for this A Many Nations, One Land! 

Save the date for this American Indian Music and Cultural Arts festival!  Join us at La Escuelita on June 10th from 12-5! 

Featured performers include:

Wally Ogi Johnson 
C-log
The Bobby Young Project, @waya57 
Jackie Keliiaa @jackiecomedy 
Stewie G, @stewie_g_23 
Rez Coast Grizz,  @rezcoastgrizz 
Autumn Everland, @iamautumneverland 

And More! Organized by @aicrc510 and @sogoreatelandtrust.  See you there! 

Flyer by La Inés.

[ID: A flyer with the above text in turquoise over a yellow to orange sunrise gradient. In the center is a drawing of an acorn with the Oakland Skyline, hills, trees, and a geometric pattern in it.  The acorn is ringed in circles of triangles radiating outward.}

#manynations #oneland #AmericanIndian #music #culturalarts #community 
#sogoreatelandtrust #urbanindigenous #oakland #ohloneland #indigenousland
And that's a wrap for Mitiini Numma Spring wave! And that's a wrap for Mitiini Numma Spring wave! 

We had a season full of learning, sharing knowledge and creativity, and building community!

Always thankful for those who have helped our program along the way, especially to the ones who make it possible, our youth! We held an end of season celebration with youth and families at Canticle where youth got to share their memorable moments in Mitiini Numma, projects they have created during their time in program, remembered field trips and site visits we went on, and shared meals and gifts of appreciation for each other. 🌻🤎

We are sad to close out our wave I, but we are so excited for our next season Wave 2 program to begin on June 27th! Come join the fun and grow the truth in Mitiini Numma afterschool youth program! Led by Indigenous people on rematriated land. Fill out our interest link in our bio or via this link by June 1st: https://forms.gle/nzUkfV9xFZr41vT16

ID #1 Facilitators and youth holding up a sign that reads Mitiini Numma
ID #2 Sign that reads Welcome to Mitiini Numma Wave I Celebration!
ID #3 Youth taking a walking tour around Canticle with Orion!

📸: Eliana and Inés

#mitiininumma #youthprogram #Indigenousled #sogoreatelandtrust #canticle #youthleaders #growthetruth #celebration #joinus
Rematriation is Climate Resiliency! 🌿 TOGETHER Rematriation is Climate Resiliency! 🌿

TOGETHER Bay Area Conference yesterday with our friends at Redbud Resource Group and the Round Valley Feather Dancers. 

[ID: STLT Postcards and stickers of Rematriation, Shuumi & LANDBACK, Round Valley Feather Dancers, Sign of How Can You Be An Ally or Partner, Redbud Resource Group representatives at their Allyship with Indigenous communities workshop] 

@redbudresourcegroup @togetherbayarea 

#rematriation #LandBack #climateresliency #lisjanterritory
Oakland is Ohlone Land. Ohlone is a general term Oakland is Ohlone Land. 

Ohlone is a general term that Chochenyo speaking tribes in the greater Bay Area have used to claim commonalities. Each Ohlone tribe has its own origin story, geography, history and name for themselves. 

In Oakland we are in the ancestral homeland of the Lisjan, an Ohlone tribe whose territory encompasses five Bay Area counties. 

Learn more about the land you are on.  bit.ly/LisjanOhlone

[ID: The words Ohlone Land in the style of the classic multicolored Oakland “Fairyland” sign, against green grass with trees and  sky in the background. 

#OhloneLand #IndigneousLand #NativeLand  #LisjanLand #Fairyland #510 #510day #Oakland #BayArea #TheLandYouAreOn  #SogoreaTeLandTrust #StillHere
“As we reclaim our land in this urban area, it’s important to understand that we are doing that work as Indigenous people from many tribes, working together to create healing on this land.”

Corrina Gould, 
Sogorea Te' Land Trust co-founder

[ID: an aerial shot of  the land at Lisjan. There is a circle of people gathered in a large open area of a plant nursery.  Alongside it runs a cement culvert with watern running in it and there is a  freeway in the background. ]

#intertribal  #urban #indigenousled #landtrust #landreturn #landback #rematriation #culturalrevitalization #sogoreatelandtrust
Doing the work 💪🏽 [ID: a silhouette of a fi Doing the work 💪🏽

[ID: a silhouette of a figures on a mountain of mulch, looking out into the distance with others working around them. There are tree branches in the foreground and  white clouds disappearing into the horizon.]

 

#projectprocess #Indigenouswomenled #landwork #landtrust #rematriation  #sogorreatelandtrust 

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Agua Florida by Mitiini Numma Youth! 🍋🌼🍊 Agua Florida by Mitiini Numma Youth! 🍋🌼🍊

Our aguas processed for weeks, and this week we got to bottle them up! We also wrote out the ingredients and labeled them. 🫙
Many thanks to Batul @maasomedicina for teaching us to work with our plant relatives! 🌱🧡

ID #1: Altar from our day of making the aguaflorida. There are lemons, limes, oranges, and pomelos around different spices and flowers. 

ID #2: Many jars of aguaflorida before being bottled, on top of a table.

ID #3: Youth and facilitators wearing gloves, straining the agua into a brown bottle.

ID #4: Youth writing out labels in marker to put on their bottle.

ID #5: A number of bottles on a shelf, the finished agua florida with labels displayed. 

📸: by Eliana and Inés

#MitiiniNumma #plantrelatives #Sogoreatelandtrust #aguaflorida #flowerwater #knowledgeshare #youthprogram
Lupine poppin’ at Pinnantak💜 📷 @svph.a Lupine poppin’ at Pinnantak💜

📷 @svph.a 

[ID: a cluster of purple lupine flowers in bloom against the green of a garden with a glimpse of blue sky]

#calinative #lupine #springflowers #pinnantak #sogoreatelandtrust #urbanindigenous #rematriation
Mitiini Numma Planting at Pinnantak, the place of Mitiini Numma Planting at Pinnantak, the place of the bees! 🐝🌿

Youth in our Mitiini Numma program got to spend a day rematriated site Pinnantak, taking a tour, learning the history of the site, how it has been returned to Indigenous hands, and got to plant in their new youth plant bed 🌱 Thank you to our land team member who led the day of planting with us, Sophia! 🌸
We planted a number of different native seeds and wildflowers, and we have already started to see growth! We’re excited to continue to see youth grow the truth ✊💚

[ID: Two youth in blue and purple hats, wearing teal gardening gloves, are kneeling into a garden planting bed. A tree trunk and branch sit on the right side of the frame.]

#rematriatetheland #gardening #planting #plantingseeds #nativeplants #youthgardening #rematriation
Honoring the Heartbeat of our 2Spirit Ancestors🥁✨

Beautiful Graphic from Bay Area artist and STLT Media Fellow, Canelo Cabrera-Lopez
focusing on how to reclaim tools and knowledge that have been held from us in order to visibilize our communities.  Appreciate you Canelo! 

One of the offerings from our recent newsletter. Check it out, link in bio. 

{ID: a skyscape of clouds with four handmade hand drums in the center. There are white and purple passionflowers on opposite corners and a small figure dancing on the other corners. Arching over it all are curving letters that read Honoring the Heartbeat of our 2Spirit Ancestors}

#honoringtheheartbeat #twospirit #Indigenous #community #mediafellow  #sogoreatelandtrust #urbanindigenous #womenled #landtrust #culturalregeneration
‘Ookwe means Medicine✨ ‘Ookwe is the first ‘Ookwe means Medicine✨

‘Ookwe is the first park in our care! Created through a collaboration with @villages_of_lisjan @sogoreatelandtrust, Kyoto stone artist  Masayuki Nagase  the city of Richmond, and  Richmond Arts and Culture Commission to honor the Indigenous history of the land. 

#’Ookwe #medicine #citypark #indigenousplaces #sogoreatelandtrust #urbanindigneous  #womenled  #landtrust
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