Oakland makes plans to return Sequoia Point to tribal stewardship, sets public hearings

Oakland officials have announced plans to return about 5 acres of land owned by the city to Indigenous stewardship.

The Oakland City Council will hold hearings discussing the return of the land, known as Sequoia Point, to Sogorea Te’ Land Trust, the first urban Indigenous women-led land trust in the country, and the East Bay Ohlone tribe Confederated Villages of Lisjan Nation.