Resources
There is a rich and growing body of resources that can support your learning and action in support of rematriation and Lisjan Nation sovereignty. We’ve listed just a few of them below. They are a great place to begin. If you are looking for a resource that’s not listed here, please reach out to us: goodguestkensington@gmail.com. We’d love to hear what you are curious about and perhaps we can help.
From Sogorea Te’ Land Trust
“How to Come Correct” (document)
“Beyond Recognition” (short film)
“Colonization, Decolonization, and Rematriation on Ohlone Land”, a talk by Corrina Gould (video)
“On Settler Responsibility and Reciprocity”, a talk by Corrina Gould (podcast)
“Seeds of Land Return” guide to legal methods and tools in support of rematriation (document)
Resource Library (includes the above resources plus many other incredible offerings)
About the sacred West Berkeley Shellmound
Save the Shellmound (website)
“A New Vision for the West Berkeley Shellmound” (short film)
Created by Good Guest Kensington
“Living on Indigenous Land” presentation given at the Kensington Library (video)
“Reckoning with Thanksgiving” (PDF)
Indigenous survivance and futures
“We Are the Middle of Forever: Indigenous Voices from Turtle Island on the Changing Earth” edited by D. Jamail and S. Rushworth (book)
“Tending the Wild” by M. Kat Anderson (book)
The colonization of California
“We Are The Land: A History of Native California” by D. Akins and W. Bauer (book)
“An American Genocide: The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe, 1846-1873” by B. Madley (book)
Non-Native people reckoning with their settler/colonial history
“The Cost of Free Land” by Rebecca Clarren (book)
“Inherited Silence” by Louise Dunlap (book)
“Free Land” by Ariel Luckey (video)
Local groups
Honoring Indigenous Peoples Group of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley
NaCRI Native California Research Institute (website)