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Sogorea Té Land Trust
Sogorea Te’ Land Trust (STLT) is an urban, Indigenous, women-led land trust based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Through the rematriation and restoration of ancestral lands, STLT calls on Indigenous and non-Indigenous people to heal and transform the legacies of colonization, genocide and patriarchy, and to do the work the ancestors and future generations are calling us to do. This work is supported in part by “Shuumi Land Tax,” a voluntary contribution given by individuals and organizations living within Lisjan territory, in an effort to recognize and bolster STLT’s work of rematriation.
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