“The only compensation for land is land.” Winona LaDuke
Do you own or have access to land? There are many ways pathways to rematriation.
Consider returning stolen land to Sogorea Te’. Or creating a cultural easement on the land. Or writing Sogorea Te’ into your will or trust. Sogorea Te’ is in relationship with a number of different pieces of land and each one has their own journey to rematriation. Contact us to learn more.
Rematriation Resources
This is a fantastic book by one of our brilliant Board Members Beth Rose Middleton Manning. Trust in the Land: New Directions in Tribal Conservation (2011)
Here is a press release about the first piece of land rematriated to Sogorea Te’: Returning the Land Press Release (Dec 5, 2017)
Read this letter full of thoughtful reflection and practical tips from a couple who is returning their home/land in Oakland to Sogorea Te’.
Native Land Maps
Understand your relation to the land on which you live, work, and stand.
Bay Area Native Languages 
Bay Area Tribes
Resources for Donors/Settlers
Coming soon…
These are some examples of rematriation near and far.
Yale Union Art Center in Portland, OR (2020)
Richardson Ranch in Sonoma (2017)
How This Tribe Got Their Coastal California Lands Returned
Yes Magazine, April 2018
Sonoma Coast’s Stewarts Point becomes part of historic agreement for coastal ranch
The Press Democrat, February 2017
Professor gives $250K to Ute Indian Tribe to compensate for great-grandparents profiting off tribal land sales
The Salt Lake Tribune, September 2017
Tuluwat (portion of) returned to Wiyot Tribe in Eureka (2018)
Tuluwat Project
Wiyot.Us
The Coming Home Song: Wiyot People Joyous as Eureka City Council Takes Another Step Towards Returning Indian Island
Redheaded Blackbelt, December 2018
The Wiyot Tribe’s Long Path to Renewing Indian Island
KHSU Diverse Public Radio, August 2018
Alma de Mujer outside Austin, TX
Alma de Mujer Center for Social Change
Woman gives money from farm land sale back to tribe who once hunted there (2019, Kansas)
The Wichitah Eagle, February 2019
Return of the Sinkyone- Land & People
Return of the Sinkyone—Land&People
The Trust for Public Land, 1998
Ponca Land Return (2018)
In Historic First, Nebraska Farmer Returns Land to Ponca Tribe Along “Trail of Tears
Bold Nebraska, June 2018
Sierra stewards listen to the trees, and a California tribe regains an ancestral land
The Sacramento Bee, June 2018
International
South Africa Confronts a Legacy of Apartheid
The Atlantic, May 2019
New Zealand to pay colonial compensation
Al Jazeera, May 2013
Australia Aboriginals win right to sue for colonial land loss
Al Jazeera, March 2014
