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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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Rematriate the Land

May 1, 2020 by Inés Ixierda

Rematriate the Land: How the Indigenous Women of the Sogorea Te Land Trust Help Solve Climate Change. Ms. Magazine. Spring 2020. By Claire Urbanksi

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Our work of rematriation, returning Indigenous land to Indigenous people, is only possible with your support.

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The Shuumi Land Tax is a voluntary annual contribution that non-Indigenous people living on traditional Lisjan Ohlone territory make to support the critical work of the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust.

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New music in an ancestral language dreaming Indige

New music in an ancestral language dreaming Indigenous futures.✨

Creative collaborations uplifting contemporary cultural resurgence and regeneration out here at your local urban Indigenous women led land trust. ♥️

Land Back! Featuring Desirae Harp singing in the Lisjan Chochenyo language (indigenous to the Bay Area, California), with vocals by AshEL SeaSunz, production by Quincy Davis and a vital message from Lakota wisdom keeper, Cheryl Angel (Sicangu / Oohenumpa), to heal our Mother Earth and her waters.

Filmed on rematriated Indigenous lands | @sogoreatelandtrust

Chochenyo translation | Lisjan language carrier Deja Gould

REBELWISE linktree: https://linktr.ee/rebelwise
Produced by Seven Vision: https://sevenvisionstudios.com
Music producer: Quincy Davis
Additional Cinematographer: Alexandra Loves

Custom wardrobe designs and styling:
Victoria Montaño | @creative_mudafukah
Pomo Joe | Acorn Apparel | https://bonfire.com/store/acorn-apparel/

#landback #returntheland #unserttletheland #rematriatetheland #creativecollaborations #sogoreatelandtrust #urbanindigenous #womenled #indigenousfutures

The time is now. Sogorea Te’ calls on us all t

The time is now.

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.

Art by @ines_ixierda

#rematriatetheland #sogoreatelandtrust #urbanindigenous #womenled #landreturn #returntoland

Support Indigenous led land return! Our Rematriat

Support Indigenous led land return!

Our Rematriate the Land Fund is open and accepting contributions towards returning Indigenous land to Indigenous people. Hit us up! Link in bio.

#rematriatetheland #supportindigenousled #sogoreatelandtrust #urbanindigenous #returntoland #landreturn

Rematriate the Land. We work towards restoring I

Rematriate the Land.

We work towards restoring Indigenous peoples sacred relationships with their ancestral land and lifeways for the past and for the future. Our hearts with our relatives today and always.

Art by @jackiefawn

#dayofmourning #thingstaken #thanksgiving #givethingsback #honorthehistory #rematraitetheland #returntheland #landback

Shuumi Land Tax at work! Shuumi Land Tax is a vol

Shuumi Land Tax at work!

Shuumi Land Tax is a voluntarily gift made in recognition of the legacy of colonization while supporting Indigenous women led land return work.

Shuumi supports our land sites, our projects, our events, our staffing, and our work returning Indigenous land to Indigenous hands.

#shuumilandtax #landtax #honortax #sogoreatelandtrust #urbanindigenous #womenled #rematriation

𝕺𝖓 𝕴𝖓𝖉𝖎𝖌𝖊𝖓𝖔𝖚𝖘

𝕺𝖓 𝕴𝖓𝖉𝖎𝖌𝖊𝖓𝖔𝖚𝖘 𝕷𝖆𝖓𝖉

We live in a place built on stolen land.

The civic infrastructure, the economic system, private development systems, our relationships with natural resources and all of our relatives are all connected to and in different ways built upon the colonial occupation of this land and the violent displacement of Indigenous people.

As we engage and heal this history and its present impacts, its essential to go beyond just being thankful for Indigenous land, just acknowledging presence on Indigeous land and just recognizing the existence of Indigeenous people. These are important first steps but if you stop there, you can actually recreate and perpetuate harm for Indigenous people.

Some ways to do this include to learn about the history of the land you are on, to support Indigenous led work, act in solidarity, take actions, leverage your privilege, transform inequality, give things back including land, redistribute resources, take care of our earth and each other, and be a good guest.

Art by Fernando Marti.

#OnIndigenousLand #sogoreatelandtrust #stolenland #thanksgiving #thingstaken #gobeyondacknowledgement #givemorethanthanks

Team work 💪🏽 Fence removal on rematriated l

Team work 💪🏽

Fence removal on rematriated land.

#rematriatetheland #teamwork #sogoreatelandtrust #fenceremoval

Sneak peek of this Fall’s Ya Nuunukne, Sogorea T

Sneak peek of this Fall’s Ya Nuunukne, Sogorea Te’s official newsletter! Check out the blog on our website for the full version 💜🌾

More than 100 Indigenous cultural items voluntaril

More than 100 Indigenous cultural items voluntarily returned.✨

Thank you to everyone that participated and supported our RETURNS participatory rematriation this weekend.

Precolumbian pottery, Native American grinding stones taken during construction decades ago, burden baskets found in an attic, ancient arrowheads, and endangered abalone shells are among the items returned to our care.

All returned items originating from within the territory will be returned to the Confederated Villages of Lisjan Nation and all other items will be rematriated to Indigenous people of the lineage of their creation.

We encourage all guests on Indigenous land that are holding Indigenous cultural and sacred items to return them to their relatives and support Indigenous led work.

#dontjustgivethanks #givethingsback #returns #rematriation #newtraditions #november #onindigenousland

Returned grinding stones in earth from returned la

Returned grinding stones in earth from returned land.

“A friends husband brought them home decades ago… I think he was in construction perhaps building a house in the area….”

#grindingstone #returns #thingstaken #thanksgiving #givethingsback #sogoreatelandtrust

“I inherited these pieces but do not feel they a

“I inherited these pieces but do not feel they are mine to wear. I would like them to be in the hands of the artists’ communities.”

Returned jewelry with note.

#returns #givethingsback #thanksgiving #thingstaken #onindigenousland

Today! Repost from @ndncollective • Join us thi

Today!

Repost from @ndncollective
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Join us this Sunday for a legendary panel featuring @Tonatierra, @AILAnyc, @Sogoreatelandtrust, NDN Collective, and the Indigenous Solidarity Network (@_catalystproject_, @showingupforracialjustice, @resourcegeneration) titled “Rethinking Thanksgiving: From Land Acknowledgement to LANDBACK”. ✊🏽🪶

This webinar is an invitation to interrogate so-called Thanksgiving, and move beyond the myths of America's history and into reckoning with the present and building towards a just future.

From tar sands pipelines across Turtle Island to Arctic oil and gas drilling, Indigenous campaigns of resistance continue to lead the way in protecting future generations against the destruction of sacred lands and waterways. Hear from movement elders, local and national efforts to fight for justice, rematriation and LANDBACK.

Register for the webinar here: bit.ly/rethinkingthanksgiving2022

Live Captioning, ASL and Spanish interpretation will be available on the call.
Fill out this form https://forms.gle/zwK4cAsy3wYkBWvi8 for questions about accessibility. LINK IN BIO to access links.

#rethink #thanksgiving #thingstaken #teachin #beyondlandacknowledgement #landback

“It has not felt right for us to have them…”

“It has not felt right for us to have them…”

Excerpt from a note with Indigenous cultural items returned to the care of Indigenous people this weekend.

Last day to view RETURNS or add your own. Don’t just give thanks, give things back.

#beyondthanks #givethingsback #selfasses #beagoodguest #onindigenousland

“As long time racial justice activists we are ch

“As long time racial justice activists we are choosing not to perpetuate the unearned privilege of passing on our home to our White families.”

Excerpt from a letter willing a home to Sogorea Te with three returned grinding stones in earth from returned land.

#alliesandaccomplices #beyondthanks #givethingsback #thanksgivingtradition #onindigenousland

Returned Abalone shells with photo of 1930s abalon

Returned Abalone shells with photo of 1930s abalone harvest and banker boxes.

Abalone used to exist in abundance and hold immense significance for California Native People.

Many of the shells retuned are very old, from Abalone that are now extinct or endangered, Abalone that could not grow in the conditions of today. Some guests choose to return Abalone shells to Indigenous people in recognition if this history.

RETURNS
11/18-11/20 1-5
125 10th st
unceded Oakland

#abaloneshell #returns #givethingsback #november #sogoreatelandtrust

Returned grinding stone in earth from returned lan

Returned grinding stone in earth from returned land with note:

“I understand you have a weekend to return items to Indigenous peoples. I do have a grindstone a friend gave me. She is passed now so I do not have many details, I know she found it hiking….”

RETURNS participatory Rematriation
Open for viewing and returns
Saturday and Sunday 1-5
125 10th steet, unceded Oakland

#beyondthanks #beyondrecognition #beyonacknowledgement #givethingsback #returns #grindstone #sogoreatelandtrust

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