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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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Why is it hard to return stolen land?

January 3, 2021 by Viola LeBeau

Indigenous Land re[m]atriation is much discussed and little practiced in the Bay Area. Read More…

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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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Mitiini Numma says Free The Land! From The West Be

Mitiini Numma says Free The Land! From The West Berkeley Shellmound To Gaza! 🇵🇸

Mitiini Numma youth created a banner during a workshop led by @creative_mudafukah for the Shellmound to Shellmound prayer walk in solidarity with Palestine.

Workshop: @creative_mudafukah
Video: @_elhdz
Photos: @mingus.mouse

#mitiininumma #shellmoundtoshellmound #FreePalestine #protectsacredsites #sogoreatelandtrust #savetheshellmounds #rematriate #youthleaders #poppies

Looking sharp 🔪⚒️⛏️ Tool care time wi

Looking sharp 🔪⚒️⛏️

Tool care time with the land team.

📷 cece and cerise

[Id: 1.close up of pink gloves hands cleaning an axe 2. A hand with pink nails sharpening a machete 3. An array of hand tools 4. A stack of shovels ]

#projectprocess #toolcare #sogoreatelandtrust #urbanindigenous #womenled #landtrust

Support of the rematriation of Rinihmu Pulte’ire

Support of the rematriation of Rinihmu Pulte’irekne at City Council on December 12, 2023!

The Rinihmu resolution will allow our next phase to proceed without a full zoning change.

Contact the Community Economic Development Committee (CED) and let them know you are in support!

Sample: “We support Sogorea Te Land Trust int he resolution to amend the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) at Rinihmu Pulte-irekne, the land return in Joaquin Miller Park.”

Community Economic Development Committee (CED) Kevin Jenkins: District6@oaklandca.gov

Carol Fife, District 3: District3@oaklandca.gov

Noel Gallo, District 5: Ngallo@oaklandca.gov

Dan Kalb, District 1: dkalb@oaklandca.gov

Check the link in our bio for more information. Thanks for your support!

[ID: Three slides with a long view of the Bay Area with water and hills visible in the distance and an expanse of blue sky. There is a figure in the foreground wearing a Rematriate the Land hoodie with the above text]

#rematriatetheland #RinihmuPulte'irekne #sequoiapoint #Oakland #Citycouncil
#sogoreatelandtrust

Returning land to Indigenous hands 🤲🏽 Land

Returning land to Indigenous hands 🤲🏽

Land team members working on the hugel at Lisjan in East Oakland.

[ID: two figures working amidst tall variety of green plants. One is crouched down weeding and their shirt has the words Rematriate the Land on the back]

#sogoreatelandtrust #urbanindigenous #womenled #landtrust #landreturn #landback #rematriation

Through the practices of rematriation, cultural re

Through the practices of rematriation, cultural revitalization, and land restoration, Sogorea Te’ calls on Native and non-native peoples 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.

From the Sogorea Te Land Trust statement of purpose and vision.

[ID: View of STLT founders Corrina Gould and Johnella LaRose, with long braids down their backs, rendered in shades of purple. The background is a deep blue to black sky scattered with stars. The text includes the above caption.]

#rematriatetheland #sogoreatelandtrust #urbanindigenous #womenled #landreturn #landtrust #landback

From the West Berkeley Shellmound to Gaza, Free th

From the West Berkeley Shellmound to Gaza, Free the Land!

Mitiini Numma Youth joined the Shellmound to Shellmound Prayer Walk with a banner they made in solidarity with Palestine.

[ID: a large crowd gathered together behind a banner that reads From the West Berkeley Shellmound to Gaza, Free the Land! There are a number of signs, posters, and the American Indian Movement and Palestinian flags visible against a bright blue sky]

#mitiininumma #freetheland #ceasefire #savetheshellmounds

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.

Beautiful art envisioning matriarchal urban Indigenous abundance by the amazing @jackiefawn.

#nativeheritage #indigenousfutures #honorthehistory #rematraitetheland #returntheland #landback

On Indigenous Land. Today and everyday, it’s i

On Indigenous Land.

Today and everyday, it’s important to acknowledge that our society and much of the world is built on stolen Indigenous 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- here and in the world- it's essential that our allies and accomplices go beyond just acknowledging and being thankful for Indigenous land, beyond just just recognizing the existence of Indigenous people. These are important first steps but if you stop there, it actually can recreate and perpetuate harm for Indigenous people.

Some ways for guests to engage more deeply include to learn about the history of the land you are on and the struggles of Indigenoys people, support Indigenous led work, act in solidarity, show up, take actions, talk to your people, give things back including land, redistribute resources, leverage your privilege to transform these legacies of inequality, take care of our earth and each other, and be a good guest.

We share this art by Fernando Marti, @el_compay_nando, a glimpse of an urban Indigenous Bay Area, what was, is and could be.

[ID: An image of the urban Indigenous Bay Area printed in a yellow to green ombré . It shows a landscape with Ohlone people in Tule boats navigating towards a marshland and village site with tule houses. Rising behind this scene is the City with construction cranes, skyscrapers and a bridge. The sky is dotted with birds and smoke drifting through. The text reads On Indigenous Land. ]

#OnIndigenousLand #sogoreatelandtrust #stolenland #thanksgiving #thingstaken #dayofmourning #givemorethanthanks #sogoreatelandtrust #rematriatetheland

Indigenous land trust empowers women to reclaim an

Indigenous land trust empowers women to reclaim and restore ancestral land!

“The organization defines rematriation as “work to restore sacred relationships between Indigenous people and our ancestral land, honoring our matrilineal societies, and in opposition of patriarchal violence and dynamics.”

They want the country to move away from seeing the land and its resources as something to extract from — a practice that is often associated with men’s domination — and toward viewing the land as something to take care of. Indigenous, women-led conservation, in Gould’s view, is one way to bring that balance back to the land....."

Excerpt from a recent article in @the19th. Find it on their website or the resources page on our website for full article.

ID: 1. a portrait of Corrina Gould wearing multi-strand pinecone necklace and denim collared shirt, in front a deep green plants with purple flowers. The text reads "Indigenous land trust empowers women to reclaim and restore ancestral land."
2. black text on white background: Sogorea Te Land Trust "defines rematriation as “work to restore sacred relationships between Indigenous people and our ancestral land, honoring our matrilineal societies, and in opposition of patriarchal violence and dynamics.”

#sogoreatelandtrust #urbanindigenous #womenled #landreturn #landback #rematriation

Give More Than Thanks. Give Things Back. Last ye

Give More Than Thanks. Give Things Back.

Last year we issued an invitation to return found, stolen, and misappropriated Indigenous cultural items as part of RETURNS Participatory Rematriation.

More than 100 items were returned during the weekend before Thingstaken, including ancient Ohlone grinding stones, Precolumbian pottery, burden baskets found in an attic, ancient arrowheads, and shells of endangered and extinct abalone.

All returned items originating from within the territory were returned to the Villages of Lisjan Nation. We are still in the process of determining origins and returning some of the other items to their relatives.

While we did not holding a public RETURNS event this year we accept returns of cultural items, homes and land from within Lisjan territory. If you have items from other origins, research how to reconnect them to their relatives.

And this holiday, please, give something more than thanks to Indigenous people. Take a tangible action in support of Indigenous cultural regeneration, sovereignty, landback and rematriation.

ID:
1: Returned grinding stone in earth from returned land on a pedestal
2. Six returned grinding stones in earth from returned land on cement
3.Returned basket on a table with a figure in the background reading a letter with the words “As long time racial justice activists we are choosing to not perpetuate the unearned privilege of passing down our home within our white family”
4.Wooden case with returned cultural items and returned basket in the background.
5.Returned hand drum
6.Close up of two pieces of returned pottery and a handwritten note.
7. Returned Abalone shell with a plastic catalog tag through it.
8. A large pile of returned abalone shells of different sizes and types with a picture of a 1930’s abalone harvest.
9. A close up of a basket with a bird design on it and the words Give More Than Thanks, Give Things Back.

#RETURNS #givemorethanthanks #givethingsback #thingstaken #thangstaken #rethinkgthanksgiving #nothankyou #sogoreatelandtrust #rematriatetheland

On Indigenous Land. What does it mean to be on In

On Indigenous Land.

What does it mean to be on Indigenous land?

If you are not on your own ancestral lands, how did you get where you are?

What can you do to support the people of whose land you are on?

Honor Native Heritage and Indigenous Futures this month and every month by engaging in the real history of where you are, by going beyond acknowledgement, by supporting Indigenous led work with resources and actions, and transforming relationships with land towards reciprocity and rematriation.

#NativeHeritageMonth #IndigenousFuturesForever #OnIndigenousLand #OhloneLand #LisjanLand #LearntheHistory

Ya Nuunukne: They Tell a Story. The Fall edition

Ya Nuunukne: They Tell a Story.

The Fall edition of the official newsletter of the Sogorea Te Land Trust is now out!

Hear our stories from the land and all about our growing programs and projects.

Check your inbox or the link in our bio, sign up on our website.

ID: Slide 1: the foreground is full of deep red amaranth with gentle green hills in the background. There is a figure with a sun hat and a rematriate the land sweatshirting walking with several shovels.

Slide 2: a figure working on a mountain of mulch with several people working around them. There is a blue sky with fluffy white clouds above branches of trees. the text reads "Including: The Return of 43 Acres, Still Here, It Changes You, Rinihmu Resolution, Pinnantak, RETURNS, Resources, & More!

Slide 3: a close up of deep crimson colored amaranth against bright blue sky. The test reads Ya Nuumukne, now out! Find it at bit.ly/STLTFallNews

#yanuunukne #theytellastory #newsletter #sogoreatelandtrust

Rethink Thanksgiving. This Sunday join ThangsTak

Rethink Thanksgiving.

This Sunday join ThangsTaken for Indigenous perspectives on the season, featuring our cofounder and tribal Chairperson of Villages of Lisjan, Corrina Gould and many others. @lapenaculturalcenter

#rethinkthanksgiving #Thangstaken #ThingsTsken #IndigenousPerspectives #SogoreaTeLandTrust #CulturalRegeneration #transformation #rematriation

Indigenous Land Back is a Feminist Issue. In thi

Indigenous Land Back is a Feminist Issue.

In this online event, panelists will discuss the relationship between gender violence and the dispossession of Indigneous lands, the politics of gender in Indigenous land reclamation, and why landback is a feminist issue.

Featuring:
Corrina Gould
Cutcha Risling Baldy
Laura Harjo
Caitlin Keliiaa

Online
3:30 - 5:00pm
Tue November 14th 2023

Art by Inés Ixierda
Brought to you by @clayman_inst,
Register through their page.

[ID: an illustration of a figure from behind with two long braids tied with bundles of colorful ribbons and a black shirt with the words Rematriate the Land in Truquoise. There is a muted green city and hills in the background with the title Why Indigenous Land Back is a Feminist Issue and the info listed above.]

#landback #landreturn #rematriation #feminist #anti-colonial #womenled #twospiritled #sogoretelandtrust

Indigenous People for a Free Palestine. We stand

Indigenous People for a Free Palestine.

We stand in solidarity with Palestine, also known as فلسطين, or Filasṭīn.

The vision of Sogorea Te’ Land Trust is to cultivate rematriation and to heal and transform the legacies of colonization, genocide and patriarchy, both where we are and in the world. As an Indigenous women led organization, as peoples descended from survivors and resisters of genocidal and colonial projects, we are in solidarity with all peoples dispossessed from their ancestral lands and struggling for their survival.

Our hearts are with families displaced from their lands and broken apart, those who are grieving their children and loved ones, with young people struggling with the trauma of violent oppression, with the land, the waters and the air poisoned by war and violence. Our hearts are with our relatives. Our hearts are with Palestine.

#ceasefire #freepalestine #indigenous solidarity #sogoreatelandtrust

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Acorn season 🌰✨

#acorns #ancestralfoods #gatheringtime #autumn

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