Sogorea Te' Land Trust

Render of a fish shaped rain garden with people walking around it.

Photo of people shoveling gravel into a dug out hole with construction machinery in the background.

Working with floodwater at Pinnantak

Read more about the rain garden in our Fall newsletter, Ya Nuunukne through the link in bio or bit.ly/stltfall25

Article by Sam

Render of Pinnantak Rain Garden by BASE Landscaping

Project funded by the Alameda Countywide Clean Water Program

A photo of an elder’s hands holding Soaproot, a fire burning in the background, text on top reading Horše Hiyis

Intergenerational relationships to fire and to each other are nurtured on rematriated land.

Check out Horše Hiyis, directed by Ashley Salaz @mingus.mouse at @oaklandmuseumca Good Fire: Tending Native Lands exhibit opening November 7, 2025.

✨Ya Nuunukne✨

Check out our Fall newsletter, available through the link in bio or bit.ly/stltfall25 .

This issue includes poetry from Mitiini Numma youth, stories from the land, an events calendar and much more!

Be sure to sign up for our seasonal newsletter for all the latest at STLT.

For the children.

This National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we recognize the impacts of residential and boarding schools across Turtle Island and beyond.

#truthandreconciliation #orangeshirtday #forthechildren #ancestors #residentialschool

The Shuumi Land Tax is a voluntary contribution that non-Indigenous people living in the territory of the Lisjan Nation can make to support Indigenous-led land work.

Support Sogorea Te' by visiting bit.ly/shuumi

Check out the full video on YouTube at bit.ly/shuumiYT

🍁🍂Happy autumn equinox, relatives🍂🍁

Some of our crew met as the sun was rising this morning to put down prayers and set intentions for the coming season. We are calling in continued resistance and resilience this Fall season and beyond!

🌼Goldenrod in bloom🌼

Goldenrod’s vibrant yellow flowers bloom from late summer to fall and provide food for birds as well as nectar for our pollinator relatives.

Drop a 💛 if you love Cali Native plants!

#goldenrod #californianative #pollinatorplant #nativeplants

🌾 Celebrating The Existence of California Natives Peoples 🌾
We uplift the resistance and resilience beyond one day, beyond a month!
[Photo ID: a young person in orange carries a bundle of Tule over their shoulder, across a marsh, the sky is blue] #californianative #resistance #resilience

A photo collage of people against a background of orange poppies

Mitiini Numma means “To Grow The Truth” in Chochenyo.

Youth who participate in our program learn about the true history of the place they reside, the people who have stewarded it, and the plants and animals they share it with- growing their possible futures.

Land Back Includes the Liberation of All Occupied Territories !!!!
Stop the Genocide !
Stop the Famine !
Stop the Ecocide !
#freefalestine #freecongo #freesudan #freehawaii #freepuertorico #freewestpapua #freeallocupiedlands #landback

Use the last slide to include other territories.

A photo of pink and white flowers with green leaves

Showy Milkweed has definitely been SHOWING OUT on our Land sites!

Native to the western part of Turtle Island, this gorgeous perennial is food and habitat for monarch butterflies and has also been used by Indigenous people as fiber for ropes, basketry and nets, among other things.

[Photo ID: three freshly mulched pathways that lead to a small found going to seed and a redwood]

This is an invitation to volunteer with us on the Land! Come through!

Shout out to our volunteers who supported the re-mulching of the pathways at Hekšen.

Link 🔗 in our bio

#ontheland #volunteer #ohloneland #mulching #heksen

Fourth generation Soaproot seeds collected from ‘Ookwe

Seed saving connects us to our ancestors, and helps restore reciprocal relationships between humans and plant relatives.

Photos by: Sam

#seedsaving #soaproot #ookwe #onindigenousland #rematriate

Check out a short film about our work at Sogorea Té Land Trust on YouTube!

bit.ly/aboutstlt

Sogorea Té is an urban, Indigenous women-led land trust that facilitates the return of Indigenous land to Indigenous people.

A collages deep blue sky scattered with stars and a group of figures working with the words Rematriate the Land across one person’s back. Bright orange poppies are in the foreground and corners.

✨Doing the work our ancestors and future generations are calling on us to do✨

Graphics by @ines_ixierda

#rematriatetheland #sogoreatelandtrust #forthefuture #forthepast

a photo of two Indigenous women smiling in front of a blue shed, orange poppies in the foreground

“Right now I really feel like the land is calling women back…to take care of the land. I really feel like that’s where we are at this time in history.”

Johnella LaRose, Co-Founder/Director of Sogorea Te’ Land Trust

We get tons of messages from people who want to support our work.

Here are a few easy ways to engage! Check out our website resources for more hot tips at bit.ly/rematriationguide

#howtosupport #beagoodguest #onindigenousland #hottips #suggestions #invitations #sogoreatelandtrust

Mitiini Numma youth participated in a fire workshop where they learned how to use a bow drill and other methods of making fire!

As Indigenous people, we value our sacred relationship to fire and are thrilled to be able to pass these teachings on to our young people.

a photo of a group of people wearing black in front of a mural of a tule boat

#ᴛʙᴛ to last year’s media fellowship✨

Applications close tomorrow 7/25!

Get experience and support in media and creative work at an amazing urban Indigenous women led land trust!

Full description and application:
bit.ly/fallmediafellowship

A flyer with text reading Saturday July 26, 2025 The Oakland Ballers in partnership with Sogorea Te Land Trust and AICRC present: A celebration of Native American culture. Oakland Ballers vs CO springs Sky Sox 4:35pm first pitch Raimondi Park, Oakland at 20th and Willow. Promo code Native25 for 25% off tickets

We are partnering with @oakland.ballers and @aicrc510 for Native American Heritage Night!

Join us this Saturday, July 26 2025 at Raimondi Park in Oakland and be sure to use code NATIVE25 for 25% off tickets.

We hope to see you there!

#oakland #oaklandballers #baseball #fun #sports #familyfun

a photo of people walking in a wooded area, surrounded by eucalyptus trees.

We think this photo beautifully sums up the work of Sogorea Te’ Land Trust. Despite obstacles, many put in place by outside forces beyond Indigenous peoples’ control, we continue moving forward with our work of rematriation.

#rematriation #sogoreatelandtrust #indigenous #indigenouswomen #landback

✨Languages of the Land✨

This map shows eight different Indigenous Language groups of the greater Bay Area.

While all the language groups shown are often called “Ohlone,” the languages and their people also have their own names for themselves.

#IndigenousLanguage #Map #Chochenyo

Our rematriation programs include reclaiming stolen land, growing urban gardens, building Himmetkas, and revitalizing Indigenous languages, cultures and practices in the East Bay.

Visit sogoreate-landtrust.org to learn more about how you can contribute to healing the land you are on.

Stay Aware! Stay Vigilant! Stay Informed!
Ohlone Land Bay Area Rapid Response Community Networks:
Alameda County (510) 241-4011
San Francisco (415) 200-1548
San Mateo (203) 666-4472
Santa Clara (408) 290-1144
Santa Cruz (831) 239-4289
Contra Costa (925) 900-5151

Sticker by: @winsorkinkade_

ID: photos of Native people smiling and building planter boxes, and finished potting tables

🔨Girl’s Garage is a nonprofit design and construction school for girls and gender-expansive youth in the Bay Area.

We partnered with Girl’s Garage who generously offered to build us some tables and planters for our land sites and we couldn’t be more grateful!

Be sure to give them a follow

A photo of a Native woman in a pink shirt and glasses laughing in a garden of orange poppies.

Laughter is medicine🌻

Laughter has always been healing for Native people through tough times. We honor our joy as part of our resistance.

Our anger and joy can coexist.

#auntielaugh #nativejoy #joyisresistance #laughter

six woven baskets placed on a table, shadows and sun rays.

🫰🏽✨ Basket weaving practice ✨🫰🏽

A photo of Indigenous people dancing in regalia

A photo of Indigenous people singing

A photo of a person in a A's jersey cooking food

Throwback to Many Nations One Land 2024 🤩

Join us this Saturday June 21st for another fun-filled day at La Escuelita in Huchiun!

📍La Escuelita Campus Outdoor Space
1100 3rd Ave, Huchiun/Oakland Ca

⏰ : 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Featuring Cultural offerings, Indigenous Arts & Crafts and talent

An ombre background of lavender, orange, and yellow with simple white line drawings of figures looking over a landscape. One is holding a baby with a rematriate the land shirt. The text reads Queer is Sacred on Native Land.

2Spirit Indigenous Identities have been a part of our communities since time immemorial. We give thanks to our LGBTQIA2S+ elders and all those who have paved the way.

As we work to return land to Indigenous hands, we recognize that rematriation requires dismantling of homophobia and transphobia.

a photo of an Indigenous woman wearing a red shawl with the sky in the background and text over the image.

While Ohlone women are central to our vision and leadership, the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust is an intertribal, multicultural Indigenous women-led land trust.

We work to restore reciprocal relationships with the land, and with the plants, animals and other human beings who we share this land with.