The Native American LandBack Movement Reaches Urban America
From Bioneers: Revolution From the Heart of Nature by Bioneers
April 1, 2026 · 30 min · Episode 290
About this episode
Corrina Gould discusses the LandBack Movement and efforts to return stolen land to Native American Tribes.
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.
People in this episode
Guest: Corrina Gould
Topics covered
- Native American LandBack Movement
- urban activism
- cultural erasure
- land restoration
Keywords
- land restoration
- sacred sites
- cultural remembrance
- urban Indigenous
Mentioned in this episode
Products: Sogorea Te’ Land Trust
Books & works: Restoring People, Place and PurposeA
Places: the Bay Area, Huchiun, Berkeley CA, California
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