Colonization, Decolonization and Rematriation on Ohlone Land.
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- This video is from the Talk Colonization, Decolonization and Rematriation on Ohlone Land by Lisjan Ohlone spokersperson Corrina Gould with Dr. Eve Tuck and Dr. Wayne Yang in coalition with Diablo Valley College’s Student Equity Speaker Series Indigeneity: Decolonize our world from October 21, 2020.
We live in a country founded on genocide and slavery, built on stolen land, and stolen lives. We share the grief of displacement from our ancestral lands, the theft of our languages and cultures, the loss of our children, and the intergenerational trauma caused by extractive companies and governments. Black and Indigenous peoples share a deep wound from these foundational violations.
In resistance to these atrocities, Sogorea Te’ calls on us all to heal from the legacies of colonialism and genocide, to remember different ways of living, and to do the work that our ancestors and future generations are calling us to do.
Corrina Gould will speak about the land that Diablo Valley College is on, Karkin Ohlone land, and the past, present and future activism of Ohlone peoples, and Indigenous and non-Indigenous visitors to restore right relationship to the land and to one another.
Register for the talk and learn more here: www.dvc.edu/ca...
Speaker Bios
Corrina Gould (Lisjan Ohlone) is the chair and spokesperson for the Confederated Villages of Lisjan- she was born and raised in Oakland, CA, the village of Huichin. A mother of three and grandmother of four, Corrina is 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, the Co-Founder and Lead Organizer for Indian People Organizing for Change, a small Native run organization that works on Indigenous people issues and sponsored annual Shellmound Peace Walks from 2005 to 2009. These walks brought about education and awareness of the desecration of sacred sites in the greater Bay Area. As a tribal leader, she has continued to fight for the protection of the Shellmounds, uphold her nation's inherent right to sovereignty, and stand in solidarity with her Indigenous relatives to protect our sacred waters, mountains, and lands all over the world.
Eve Tuck is Canada Research Chair of Indigenous Methodologies with Youth and Communities, and Associate Professor of Critical Race and Indigenous Studies at the University of Toronto. Tuck is Unangax̂ and is an enrolled member of the Aleut Community of St. Paul Island, Alaska. She grew up outside of her community, living in Pennsylvania as a child, and New York City as a young adult. As a whole, her research focuses on how Indigenous social thought can be engaged to create more fair and just social policy, more meaningful social movements, and robust approaches to decolonization. She makes a podcast with graduate students at OISE, University of Toronto, called The Henceforward, on relationships between Indigenous and Black communities on Turtle Island.
K. Wayne Yang is Provost of John Muir College and Professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of California, San Diego. His work transgresses the line between scholarship and community, as evidenced by his involvement in urban education and community organizing. He was the co-founder of the Avenues Project, a non-profit youth development organization, as well as East Oakland Community High School, which were inspired by the Survival Programs of the Black Panther Party. Dr. Yang writes about decolonization and everyday epic organizing, often with his frequent collaborator, Eve Tuck. Currently, they are convening The Land Relationships Super Collective with several Indigenous and non-Indigenous community organizations engaged in land-based projects.
Sogorea Te' Land Trust is an Urban Indigenous women led community orginization returning Indigenous land to Indigenous hands. learn more at www.sogoreate-landtrust.org.
What an eloquent recounting of the history of Ohlone Country and the cultural principles of its peoples. This primary source testimony from a teacher and elder is invaluable for our understanding. Thank you, and more #LandBack soonest.
Osiyo. “Our conversation with the Federal Gov. to Free Native American Political Prisoner Leonard Peltier who’s been falsely imprisoned going on half a century and to honor the Indian Treaties (pre-constitutional law) forming the basis of our great nation was almost entirely redacted on national TV shortly before the insurrection because it demanded that the then President also relinquish the nuclear codes which has never been done. Oct. 2020 I spoke with at least around a dozen federal agents including the FBI and even the US Navy. Trump says before being elected, “We have nuclear weapons so why can’t we use them?” Nancy Pelosi confirmed to our international audience on national TV that indeed they where removing the nuclear codes with the help of the CIA and if anyone has any questions they could just call up and ask. What followed only confirms nuclear tensions where about to explode. The redaction is worth at the minimum trillion$ more than all moneys because with nuclear war lights out! Nothing! This simultaneously addressed the other largest nuclear power and all the rest without having to address any of them directly except our own.”
Thank you for this. I am Ngäbe from Central Abya Yala. I live in Yelamu and I am honored to work with and volunteer for various Ohlone groups.
1:18:35 "I believe that the Bay Area is magic. I believe that there are so many things that have been created here in the Bay Area: movements, and technology, and ideas. That is not by mistake or coincidence, but that my ancestors have been putting down prayers on this land for thousands of years." It really is. Very well put.
Grateful for this connection with your community , the truth and a future of hope and healing to guide our children as to right relationship with each other and all lands.
❤️thank you so much for stewarding the land and sharing your stories! There is so much great insight in Corrina’s words. I recently came across the idea of moving from transactional relationships to transformative ones (Shawn Ginwright). Community is what matters. ❤️the Bay Area is magical ❤️