Corrina Gould – We Are Nature
Bioneers | Published: May 5, 2026 IndigeneityNature, Culture and Spirit Video
Corrina Gould, Tribal Chairwoman for the Confederated Villages of Lisjan Nation and Co-Director of Sogorea Te’ Land Trust, welcomes guests onto her ancestral homelands, inviting remembrance and return to right relationships in a time of societal change. Urging the audience to remember their ancestral calling and care for our world, Corrina Gould shares reflections drawn from decades of on the ground rematriation and land return work healing and transforming the legacies of colonization in the San Francisco East Bay.
This talk was delivered at the 2026 Bioneers Conference.
Corrina Gould, born and raised in the village of Huchiun (now known as Berkeley CA), is the Tribal Chairwoman 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.
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