With this land acknowledgment statement, Informing Change acknowledges that our Oakland, California office is located within Huichin territory, on the traditional homelands of the Chochenyo-speaking Ohlone people. This land was and continues to be of great importance to the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe and other familial descendants and successors of the sovereign Verona Band of Alameda County.

Informing Change is fully aware that we, and by extension our clients and partners, continue to benefit from the ongoing use and occupation of these unceded lands.

Map comes from the UC Berkeley Centers for Education Justice & Community Engagement website.

As part of our ongoing acknowledgment, Informing Change makes an annual contribution in the form of the Shuumi Land Tax, which “non-Indigenous people living on the Confederated Villages of Lisjan’s territory can make to support the critical work of the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust.” We encourage other businesses working on these lands to consider making a contribution on the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust website here.

• A guide to Indigenous land acknowledgment from the Native Governance Center
• Land Acknowledgment Toolkit from the California Indian Culture and Sovereignty Center at CSU San Marcos
• Land Acknowledgment Resources from Northwestern’s Native American and Indigenous Initiatives
• A compilation of Muwekma Ohlone Tribal Land Acknowledgments throughout the Bay Area
• “Beyond Territorial Acknowledgments” by âpihtawikosisân
• “Action Required: Using a Land Acknowledgement” panel from UC Berkeley (YouTube)