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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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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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“It’s going to take a lot to heal but I think

“It’s going to take a lot to heal but I think we’re at the beginning. people want to do something different, were finding the power to move in different ways...”

— Sogorea Te Land Trust cofounder Corrina Gould

From @culturalconservancy’s Native Seed Pod interview with Melissa Nelson.

Art from our geomorphic visualization of rematraited land with Maise Richards.

Both available in our resource library. link in bio.

Images are 1. Rematriated landscape with a stream passing through green trees, native plants, and grasses with long roots extending into a sandy base. There is a fading freeway in the background. one slide has the above quote in sandy colored letters and the second has the words Rematraite the Land.

#rematriatetheland #resourcelibrary #listenup #sogoreatelandtrust #urbanindigenous #womenled #rematraition #landback #landreturn #returntoland

❤️Himmetka ❤️ Throwback to the shipping

❤️Himmetka ❤️

Throwback to the shipping container for our first Himmetka arriving on a pink tractor trailer truck, January 2019, Lisjan.

Named with the Chochenyo word for “in one place, together,” our Lisjan Himmetka includes a ceremonial space, food and medicine gardens, water catchment, filtration, and storage, first-aid supplies, tools, and a seed saving library.

Images are 1. A red shipping container being unloaded from a pink tractor trailer truck with logs in the foreground and a blue sky in the background. 2. Front view of the container covered in art with a sign that reads Himmetka, everything together in one place.

#tbt #himmetka #sogoreatelandtrust #iniatives #urbanindivenous #womenled #lrematriation

The land formerly known as Sequoia Point has been

The land formerly known as Sequoia Point has been renamed Rinihmu Pulte’irekne!

The Chochenyo name, meaning “Above the Red Ochre,” was given by @villages_of_lisjan language carrier Deja Gould.

The name honors the location and connection to red ochre, once abundant in the East Bay hills. Ochre holds cultural significance for Ohlone people and many Indigenous people of the world. It was among the natural materials extracted and exploited in the settling of California.

Welcome back Rinihmu Pulte’irekne.

Music: Landback @rebelwisemusic
Drone video: Alfred @threesistersgardens

Video is a peek of the view from the Oakland hills through tree branches fading into an aerial video of the land, panning out to the city and bay from an eagles eye view with text announcing the land formerly known as Sequoia Point has been renamed Rinihmu Pulte’Irekne.

#rematraitetheland #sequoiapoint #RinihmuPulte’irekne #sogoreatelandtrust #urbanindigenous #womenled #landtrust #landback #landreturn #rematriation

Welcoming youth back as we continue our Indigenous

Welcoming youth back as we continue our Indigenous led youth program, Mitiini Numma wave one! We are so excited to be back with you all and hope you had an amazing winter break ❄️. On our first day back we got to learn about and from each other during a yarn toss game 🧶, highlighting who we are, how we got to the land we are on, and sharing our relations. Looking forward to a spring full of fun activities, rematriated site visits, exciting field trips, amazing wisdom keepers, creative workshops, and more! 🤎

Image: Youth and facilitators gathered in a circle in our youth program space, each holding a piece of yarn connected to all of them, during a game of yarn toss.

#MitiiniNumma #backinprogram #growthetruth #youthleaders #youthprogram #Indigenousled #oaklandyouth #rematriatetheland

This is what Indigenous women and two spirit land

This is what Indigenous women and two spirit land rematriation looks like!

Throwback to the official signing of the cultural easement returning the land formerly known as Sequoia Point to Indigenous care, December 13, 2022.

Image is five Indigenous women and two spirit people of various ages wearing long skirts and dresses, standing in a line, looking out past the viewer. In the background is glimpse of an image of a ceremonial structure.

#squadgoals #thecrew #matriarchylives #indigenouswomenled #sogoreatelandtrust #culturaleasement #itsofficial #landreturn #landback #rematriation #Oakland #indigenousland

Lisjan: Rematriated Indigenous Land Ask Permissi

Winter Work ⛈️ Seasonal planning with the c

Winter Work ⛈️

Seasonal planning with the crew.

Custom Ohlone Territory Hoody
hand printed at a staff meet,
By @creative_mudafukah

Image is a figure in an orange Ohlone territory hoody, adding a post it to a large sheet of paper full of multicolored notes.

#projectprocess #planning #sogoreatelandtrust #urban #Indigenous #womenled #landreturn

New year, new opportunity to Rematriate the Land.

New year, new opportunity to Rematriate the Land.

Hit us up.

Image: a stack of stickers with a turquoise to pink gradient behind a silloutte of Oakland, with birds flying and the words Rematriate the Land, Sogorea Te Land Trust.

#2023 #landback #landreturn #unsettletheland #rematriatetheland #sogoreatelandtrust

🎄Land Back 🌲 If you have more that you nee

🎄Land Back 🌲

If you have more that you need consider redistributing to Indigenous led work wherever you are.

#landback #thatsthespirit #rematriatetheland #urbanindigenous #seasonsgreetings #sogoreatelandtrust #spotted #oaklandgraffiti #indigenousland

✨Rest ✨Reflection ✨Renewal ✨ Returning to

✨Rest ✨Reflection ✨Renewal ✨

Returning to balance with the seasons. ⚖️ Every year on Solstice we close for our Winter hibernation. This is a time separate from vacation for our crew to rest, reflect and recharge for the new year.

Sending solstice wishes for winter wellness to all.

Image is an Indigenous woman standing on the edge of a piece of green grassy land high up in the Oakland hills hills looking out at the view of dark winter clouds and green trees opening to vista of the distant city and Bay.

#solstice #winter #hibernation #sogoreatelandtrust #urbanindigenous #womenled #returntobalance #rest #reflection #regeneration #rematriaton #territoryofhuchiun

Sogorea Te’ Land Trust Team wants to thank all o

Sogorea Te’ Land Trust Team wants to thank all of our community members and allies who have volunteered & supported us throughout the past year. We are because of you all and we are immensely grateful for the continued support we have received.

We look forward to connecting with folks in the new year! In the meantime, feel welcome to fill out our volunteer form to receive notification emails: https://tinyurl.com/STLTVolunteer. You can also find other ways to stay engaged by visiting our website: https://sogoreate-landtrust.org/other-ways-to-engage/

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The background is a transparent picture of some yellow and multi-colored corn. In the middle of the post, you find another yellow transparent box with a solid dark white box in front of it that says: “As Sogorea Te' Land Trust wraps up another incredible year, we want to say thank you to all our community members and volunteers who have supported us throughout these past twelve months. The work we do is possible because of the on-going support we receive from our community who believe in us and share the same goal as we do. Kiš horše ‘ek-hinnan (Thank you so much)”. At the bottom two corners of the white box, you find three vertical hearts.

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The background is a transparent picture of some yellow and multi-colored corn. In the middle of the post, you find another yellow transparent box with a solid dark white box in front of it that says: “Our office has closed volunteer days and they will be reopening mid-January. We will be back with more volunteer opportunities in the new year so keep a lookout! In the meantime, feel welcome to fill out our volunteer form to receive notification emails: https://tinyurl.com/STLTVolunteer. You can also find other ways to stay engaged by visiting our website: https://sogoreate-landtrust.org/other-ways-to-engage/

🌿 Respect my Medicine 🌿 Block printing wit

🌿 Respect my Medicine 🌿

Block printing with the crew for the end of the year.
Art by vick @creative_mudafukah

#respect #native #medicine #sogoreatelandtrust #blockprint #art

✨💛Rematriate the Land 💛✨ #customeveryth

✨💛Rematriate the Land 💛✨

#customeverything #lisjan #thepony #sogoreatelandtrust #urbanindigenous #womenled #landreturn #landback #rematriation

Big Valley Dancers ✨ Closing of the Rinihmu Pul

Big Valley Dancers ✨

Closing of the Rinihmu Pulte'irekne land return celebration.
December 13th, 2022

📷 @hulleah

#sogoreatelandtrust #sequoiapiont #landreturn #landback #rematriation #celebration

Celebrating the Return of Rinihmu Pulte'irekne✨

Celebrating the Return of Rinihmu Pulte'irekne✨

December 13th, 2022

📷 Jean Melesaine
@bayarealife

#sogoreatelandtrust #sequoiapiont #landreturn #landback #rematriation #celebration

Round Valley Dancers✨ Opening of the Rinihmu Pu

Round Valley Dancers✨

Opening of the Rinihmu Pulte'irekne land return celebration
December 13th, 2022

📷 @ines_ixierda

#sogoreatelandtrust #sequoiapiont #landreturn #landback #rematriation #celebration

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