Sogorea Te’ Land Trust is an urban Indigenous women-led land trust that facilitates the return of Indigenous land to Indigenous people.
We are revitalizing the rich cultural and spiritual traditions of our ancestors through our projects and everyday practices.
Rematriate: to restore a people to their rightful place in sacred relationship with their ancestral land
Ohlone people are still here and fighting for their ancestral land.
The Shuumi Land Tax is a voluntary annual contribution that non-Indigenous people make to support the vital work of the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust.
THE EAST BAY IS TRADITIONAL LISJAN OHLONE LAND.
Sogorea Te’ Land Trust cultivates rematriation.
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.
Shuumi Means Gift in Chochenyo.
The Shuumi Land Tax is an invitation to support the vital work of the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust, a small step towards acknowledging the history of genocide on this land and contributing to its healing. GIVE SHUUMI
OUR WORK
Our work is made possible by the strength and leadership of Indigenous women and culture keepers, and we are also supported by many allies and accomplices of all different backgrounds engaging with the vision of Rematriation.
We are really just beginning to learn how to navigate what it means to acknowledge the history of the land we are on, and build meaningful relationships. As we move towards transforming our relationships to the land we are on, here are some tips for how to engage with our work!
Today, MG and STLT announced that they have partnered to return 43 acres of land to Indigenous care, in the unceded Bay Miwok territory of the San Francisco East Bay Area. Together, they have liberated the land from the speculative real estate market, and put the land back into the hands of Indigenous people. The organizations have created long-term agreements together for care of the land and look forward to working collectively to bring Movement Generation’s visions for the land to life!
As we continue our work of Rematriation, we invite our community and supporters to read our stories and updates from the land, and our growing programs and projects. Check out the Ya Nuunukne Spring 2023 Newsletter of the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust here!
UPDATES FROM OUR BLOG
The West Berkeley Shellmound Sacred Site will be returned to the Lisjan Ohlone through Sogorea Te’ Land Trust!
Sogorea Te’ Land Trust Receives $20 Million Shuumi Land Tax Contribution from Kataly Foundation
Contribution is the single largest known cash gift to a Native land trust in history…
We are Hiring!
Sogorea Te’ Land Trust is seeking a Media Artist / Land Worker and a Land…
Rinihmu Resolution
Support of the rematriation of Rinihmu Pult’irekne at City Council on December 12, 2023! While…
Ya Nuunukne Fall 2023 Newsletter
The official newsletter of the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust Fall is a season of harvest,…
Indigenous People for a Free Palestine
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