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SUMMARY:Meeting the Moment: Solidarity and Partnerships with Indigenous Peoples in the California CLT Movement
DESCRIPTION:This event was part of the 2026 Global Community Land Trust (CLT) Virtual Summit. Explore the full program here.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGrabación\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRecursos\n\n\n\n\nTranscripción\n\n\n\n\nESPAÑOL \n\n\n\nLa California Community Land Trust Network organizó una sesión centrada en el intercambio de experiencias sobre cómo los CLTs están construyendo relaciones de solidaridad con comunidades indígenas en California. \n\n\n\nEsta sesión presentó iniciativas lideradas y co-lideradas por comunidades indígenas que utilizan los community land trusts (CLT) para impulsar procesos de Land Back\, rematriación (devolución de tierras ancestrales a las comunidades indígenas)\, reparaciones\, soberanía alimentaria y revitalización cultural. A través de relatos y estudios de caso\, las personas ponentes compartieron cómo estos esfuerzos se desarrollan mediante alianzas\, construcción de coaliciones y formas de gobernanza comunitaria\, así como los desafíos y oportunidades que enfrentan en el contexto político actual. \n\n\n\nLa conversación también abordó aprendizajes sobre cómo construir relaciones significativas con comunidades tribales y explorará el papel que los CLTs pueden desempeñar en el fortalecimiento del liderazgo y la autodeterminación indígena. \n\n\n\n\n\nRecording\n\n\n\n\nhttps://youtu.be/QEUrB5o6b2U\n\n\n\n\nResources\n\n\n\n\nSlides\n\n\n\nTranscript\n\n\n\n\nENGLISH \n\n\n\nThe California Community Land Trust Network hosted a storytelling session exploring how CLTs are engaging in solidarity with Indigenous communities across California. \n\n\n\nThis session featured Indigenous-led and co-led initiatives using community land trusts to advance Land Back\, rematriation\, reparations\, food sovereignty\, and cultural revitalization. Through case-based storytelling\, speakers shared how these efforts are being shaped through partnerships\, coalition-building\, and community-led governance\, as well as the challenges and opportunities they are navigating in the current political context. \n\n\n\nThe discussion also highlighted lessons on building meaningful relationships with tribal communities and explored how CLTs can support Indigenous leadership and self-determination. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDarlene Franco\, Wukchumni Community Land Trust\, Tribal Chairperson & Chief Executive Officer of Wukchumni Tribe\n\n\n\nDARLENE FRANCO has worked all her life in Native communities\, including directing statewide Native language revitalization programs\, coaching Native youth sports teams\, leading health and wellness cultural programs\, providing cultural curriculum development\, and teaching and practicing her Tribe’s culture and running ceremonies for her people. She is a member of the Wukchumni Tribe\, whose ancestral homelands are near what is today known as Visalia in Tulare County. For the past year\, Darlene has been attending California Truth and Healing Council (CTHC) sessions throughout the state to learn about other California Native Americans’ successes and struggles. She also regularly participates in agricultural groups and activities\, from basketry workshops to Traditional Ecological Knowledge programs. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAerin Monroe\, Pathways of Purpose\, Co-Founder & Co-Director of Pathways of Purpose & LFL Community Land Trust\n\n\n\nAERIN MONROE is a writer\, media producer\, agroecologist and environmental consultant with his BA in Environmental Studies and Community Organizing from Cal Poly Humboldt. With a horticultural\, natural landscaping and organic farming background\, Aerin’s work is focused on Afro- Indigenous foodways and land stewardship\, climate resilience\, environmental justice\, sustainable food systems\, regenerative agriculture\, ecosystem restoration and sovereignty for BIPOC communities. Pathways of Purpose theory of change is inspired by his vocational identity development process and unique educational path in Environmental Justice and Advocacy.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRuth Wortman\, Humboldt Healthy Families & LFL Community Land Trust Partner\, Founder\n\n\n\nRUTH WORTMAN is of many nations both Native and non-Native. She is of Yurok\, Tolowa Dee-ni’\, Mattole and Wiyot descent. She is the cultural coordinator for Sorrel Leaf Healing Center and founder of Humboldt Healthy Families. Ruth participated in restoring the Salmon Ceremony for the local Tribal communities. Along with her professional life\, Ruth is a mother\, ceremony leader\, cultural bearer for traditional practices and lifeways\, tending to and weaving community wellness regionally\, with cultural revitalization and recovery pathways for intertribal Native families\, Women and Two-Spirit communities. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlice Lincoln-Cook\, FireKeepers Alliance & LFL Community Land Trust Partner\, Co-Founder\n\n\n\nALICE LINCOLN-COOK (Karuk) draws on a lifetime of working as an independent artist\, traditional basketweaver\, culture bearer\, and cultural fire expert: she is passionate about teaching the practices she grew up with to help others manage ancestral lands and waters in a good way\, that is healthy for our people and our culture. Prior to serving as President and Board Member with the California Indian Basketweavers Association (CIBA) for eight terms where she coordinated multiple basketweaving conferences and outreach events\, Alice taught basketweaving to California Native Tribal members\, and worked with local schools\, nonprofits\, and state and federal agencies throughout the Pacific Northwest. Alice was instrumental in reviving CIBA’s Following the Smoke program\, an inter-agency training retreat that brought hundreds of Tribal practitioners and affiliates together to connect good fire with traditional land management practices. Since obtaining her Basic 32 Red Card firefighting certification\, Alice has become a highly sought-after speaker at universities\, conferences\, and Basic 32 fire training programs both in California and nationally. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Organizers\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSupport this work\n\n\n\nThe CLT Center convenes practitioners\, researchers\, and communities from different regions to share experiences and strengthen the CLT movement globally. This event is free and open to all. If you’re in a position to support our work\, your contribution helps us continue offering free events\, resources\, and peer exchange opportunities across contexts. \n\n\n\n\nSupport Our Work
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