Corrina Gould is a spokeswoman and Tribal Chair of the Confederated Villages of Lisjan/Ohlone, a non-profit organization. She identifies as a Chochenyo and a Karkin Ohlone woman and is a long-time activist who works to protect, preserve, and reclaim ancestral lands of the Ohlone peoples. The Ohlone people live in the greater San Francisco Bay Area, and Gould's organization, specifically, is located in the East Bay, in regions now occupied by Oakland, Berkeley, and beyond.
13-648: Corrina is a given name. Notable people with the name include: Corrina Gould , Californian Native American activist Corrina Hewat (born 1970), Scottish harpist and composer Corrina Joseph , British singer who collaborated with Basement Jaxx Corrina Kennedy (born 1970), Canadian sprint kayaker Corrina Repp , vocalist, guitarist, songwriter, and maker of quiet music Corrina Sephora Mensoff (born 1971), American visual artist Corrina Wycoff , American writer See also [ edit ] Corinna , an Ancient Greek poet Corina Corrina, Corrina (film) ,
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39-603: A cultural easement between the City of Vallejo, the Greater Vallejo Recreation District, and two federally recognized tribes. Johnella LaRose Johnella LaRose is an American grassroots organizer based in the San Francisco Bay Area who advocates for Indigenous communities and the preservation and restitution of Indigenous lands. Alongside fellow Indigenous rights' activist Corrina Gould , LaRose
52-643: A prolific history co-founding and working with a number of activist organizations. She is the Tribal Chair for the Confederated Villages of Lisjan/Ohlone, and a co-founder of the Sogorea Te Land Trust as well as Indian People Organizing for Change. Gould was the producer of several documentaries about Ohlone peoples and other Native peoples. Her films include Buried Voices (2012), Injunuity (2013), and Beyond Recognition (2014). In addition, Gould
65-757: A reservation in Utah. Born to a military family, LaRose travelled frequently in her youth, and graduated from high school in Portland, Oregon, before eventually returning to California. In the late 1970s, she became involved in the Red Power Movement , and lived at the American Indian Movement Freedom and Survival School in Oakland. During this time, she joined the organizing efforts for the Longest Walk . She
78-631: Is a co-founder of Indian People Organizing for Change (IPOC), a San Francisco Bay Area-based organization working to protect and raise awareness about the region’s sacred shellmounds, and the Sogorea Te Land Trust , an urban land trust working to restore Indigenous stewardship of occupied Chochenyo and Karkin Ohlone lands in the East Bay Area. LaRose was born in Los Angeles, California, and raised on
91-685: Is a graduate of Mills College with a degree in Sociology and Cultural Anthropology. In 1998, LaRose began working with Corrina Gould to found Indian People Organizing for Change (IPOC), an activist group working to preserve and bring attention to the shellmounds of the Bay Area, such as the West Berkeley Shellmound and the Emeryville Shellmound , the latter of which was demolished and paved over, despite workers uncovering human remains during
104-543: Is a member of the board of directors for the Oakland Street Academy Foundation. As the lead organizer for the group Indian People Organizing for Change (IPOC), Gould has worked for over two decades to preserve and protect Ohlone Shellmounds , the ancient burial sites of her ancestors. She is a cofounder of IPOC, which sponsored the Shellmound Peace Walk 2005–2009 and currently works to protect
117-548: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Corrina Gould Gould was born Corrina Emma Tucker, on November 12, 1965, and grew up in Oakland, California; Corrina Tucker married Paul Gould Jr. (1964-2021), and took his name. Paul Gould Jr. passed away in 2021. Gould worked full time at the American Indian Child Resource Center for 12years, running an after school program that provides services for Native students in Oakland. She has
130-525: The West Berkeley Shellmound . She has also led the campaign to collect a Shuumi Land Tax in order to return land to Indigenous people through the Sogorea Te Land Trust. Gould is currently focused on the West Berkeley Shellmound, at the site of the earliest known habitation in the Bay Area, the subterranean portions of which are currently covered by a parking lot. A developer with plans to build high density housing on that spot has been stopped by
143-475: The City did not pass that request and a judge further backed the City in a subsequent lawsuit. Gould and the IPOC have continued to advocate throughout for the preservation of the remaining portions of their sacred site. In April 2011, Gould, Johnella LaRose , Wounded Knee De Ocampo, and other held a sit-in at Sogorea Te , a sacred site in the current city of Vallejo, CA , that lasted 109 days. The occupation led to
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#1732852784985156-636: The City of Berkeley, motivated by Gould's activism. In 2000 the Berkeley City Council named the spot an historic landmark, and in September, 2020, the National Trust for Historic Preservation declared the site as one of the 11 “most endangered historic places” in the United States. Although the developer tried to get a streamlined approval process which would not have included as much public comment,
169-467: The excavation. IPOC's many organizing efforts throughout the years have included Peace Walks that simultaneously trace the sacred ancestral sites and protest against their destruction by urban redevelopment and design proposals for the Shellmound heritage sites that present inclusive, historically respectful alternatives to condominium developments being planned at these sites. The Sogorea Te Land Trust
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