The Native American LandBack Movement Reaches Urban America

The Native American LandBack Movement Reaches Urban America

Author: Bioneers April 1, 2026 Duration: 30:15
Corrina Gould is a celebrated activist of the First Peoples of the Bay Area and a leader in the LandBack Movement. She has helped forge a model for returning stolen land to Native American Tribes and restoring sacred sites in a defiant act of remembrance and resistance against cultural erasure.  Featuring Corrina Gould, born and raised in the village of Huchiun (now known as Berkeley CA), is the Tribal Chair for the Confederated Villages of Lisjan Nation and co-founded and is the Lead Organizer for Indian People Organizing for Change, a small Native-run organization; as well as of the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust, an urban Indigenous women-led organization within her ancestral territory. Resources Sogorea Te’ Land Trust Landback: Restoring People, Place and PurposeA conversation with Cara Romero, Corrina Gould, PennElys Droz, and Kawenniiosta Jock Corrina Gould – Resilience and Rematriation | Bioneers 2025 California Genocide and Resilience and Returning to What Was Lost and Stolen with Corrina Gould | Indigeneity Conversations Podcast Series This is an episode of the Bioneers: Revolution from the Heart of Nature series. Visit the radio and podcast homepage to learn more.

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