This episode features Corrina Gould, the Co-Director for The Sogorea Te’ Land Trust, a women-led organization within the urban setting of her ancestral territory of the Bay Area that works to return Indigenous land to Indigenous people.

Corrina talks about rematriation, why it is important and how someone can be a good guest on land that does not belong to them/they are not native to. She discusses how our present lifestyles are harming our Mother Earth and what we need to do to reconnect and reclaim our relationship with the land.

Corrina explains the concept of shuumi and why it is important in the context of rematriation. She talks about the brutal history of colonization of California and how the effects are being felt even today.

She talks about how one can practice good land practices and aspects of the lives of our ancestors that can

can be borrowed today to live a more fulfilling life. Corrina can be found on Instagram @corrina_gould.

Resources Recommended:

1.     https://sogoreate-landtrust.org/

2.     www.Shellmound.org

3.     Instagram: @Sogoreatelandtrust, Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SOGOREATELANDTRUST/