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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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Sequoia Point Land Return in the News

October 1, 2022 by Inés Ixierda

People gathered at Joaquin Miller Park on Thursday for an announcement of an agreement between the city and an Indigenous group to place a nearby plot of land back under Native control. Credit: Amir Aziz from Oaklandside

Amazing week as the news of the cultural easement returning Sequoia Point to Indigenous care! Check out some of the news here:


  • Oakland to return land rights to Indigenous group, Oaklandside

  • ‘We Have a Vision’: East Bay Ohlone Tribe Looks to Future as Oakland Announces Landback Plan, KQED NEWS
  • City of Oakland Announces Plan to Return Land to Indigenous Stewardship, NATIVE NEWS Online

  • City Announces Plan To Return Sequoia Point Land To Indigenous Stewardship, SF Gate

  • Sequoia Point in Oakland’s Joaquin Miller Park to be returned to Indigenous stewardship, CBS News

  • Oakland plans to return 5 acres of city park to Indigenous groups, one of first cities to do so, USA Today

  • City of Oakland to return 5 acres of land to native tribe, Kron 4 News

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