Update: This GiveButter campaign page is currently paused but the fund building continues! Donations to the Taino Land Back effort can be made directly to Soul of the Movement via our donation page. Please note the designation of your gift to 'Taino Land Back.'

Soul of the Movement invites you to participate in a visionary land back project in Boriké (Puerto Rico)! After some 25+ years of organizing for the recognition and reinvigoration of Indigenous Taino culture, language, spiritual practice and recovery of traditional Taino sacred sites the Organización del Pueblo Indígena Can-Jíbaro de Boriké (The Organization of Indigenous People of Boriké – Can-Jibaro for short, which is the original name for Taino mountain people) has an opportunity to purchase a 41-acre piece of land in the central mountain region of Puerto Rico. The land includes a large storage facility that they intend to turn into a Taino school + 2 houses which will be used for living spaces. The land is close to Caguana, a traditional Taino sacred ceremonial ground in Utuado, Puerto Rico, currently controlled by the U.S. government. The Taino are fighting for indigenous stewardship of the site.

The Taino people or Can-Jibaros, are currently seeking 750K to purchase the land and support a first phase of planning to create a Taino eco-village on their lands.

Soul of the Movement, a U.S.-based organization focused on amplifying and supporting the intersection of spirit and social movements, is playing a key role in connecting the Can-Jibaro leaders to indigenous organizations and land-back efforts in the mainland US. Gifts to support the Taino land recovery will be processed through Soul of the Movement's fiscal sponsor, Jubilee Gift Galaxy.

Learn more about the Taino people in Puerto Rico:

Indigenous Taíno fight Puerto Rico for visibility and rights

Support a Visionary Taino Land Back Effort in Puerto Rico

Bring the dream of establishing a permanent Taino village into reality