ABOUT US
The Appalachian Rekindling Project is an initiative to create, build, and fund a collective and intertribal Indigenous center in Appalachia where Native people can return and gather. This project aims to rekindle relationships with homelands, one another, and traditional practices/arts.
Using a voluntary land tax as our funding mechanism, we look to non-Indigenous individuals and institutions to pay in a small percentage of their annual budget. Following the model of other voluntary land taxes around the country, we use popular education on rematriation as a method of regional repair to share about the work. Our project strongly emphasizes the importance of deep relational engagement with a variety of communities.
At the stage of land acquisition, the land care and restoration will be open to any volunteers willing to follow the teachings of Indigenous knowledge keepers. We acknowledge the many pathways to relationship to place.
We are in the first phase of this project. When the physical space is constructed, it will be done with a great deal of planning towards physical accessibility and cultural protocols.
This project is multi-faceted, but it is also very simple: this is an initiative of homecoming, restoration, and kinship.
Take Action
Pay your Appalachian voluntary land tax today! As an individual or an institution, we appreciate your role in this work.
https://donatenow.networkforgood.org/appalachianrekindlingproject
How much should my organization be paying?
Are you a nonprofit in Appalachia?
$0 – $100,000: annual budget x 0.0025 = your recommended annual contribution$100,001 – $750,000: annual budget x 0.004 = your recommended annual contribution$750,001 – $1,500,000: annual budget x 0.007 = your recommended annual contribution$1,500,001 and above: annual budget x 0.01 = your recommended annual contribution
For for-profits/businesses on Appalachian land or national with Appalachian reach:
$0 – $500,000: annual profit x 0.005 = your recommended annual contribution$500,001 – $1,500,000: annual profit x 0.01 = your recommended annual contribution$1,500,001 – $3,000,000: annual profit x 0.02 = your recommended annual contribution$3,000,001 and above: annual profit x 0.04 = your recommended annual contribution
Thank you to Sogorea Te’ for sharing their calculation model for Shuumi with us. These are guidelines only.
$0 – $100,000: annual budget x 0.0025 = your recommended annual contribution$100,001 – $750,000: annual budget x 0.004 = your recommended annual contribution$750,001 – $1,500,000: annual budget x 0.007 = your recommended annual contribution$1,500,001 and above: annual budget x 0.01 = your recommended annual contribution
For for-profits/businesses on Appalachian land or national with Appalachian reach:
$0 – $500,000: annual profit x 0.005 = your recommended annual contribution$500,001 – $1,500,000: annual profit x 0.01 = your recommended annual contribution$1,500,001 – $3,000,000: annual profit x 0.02 = your recommended annual contribution$3,000,001 and above: annual profit x 0.04 = your recommended annual contribution
Thank you to Sogorea Te’ for sharing their calculation model for Shuumi with us. These are guidelines only.
If you are interested in donating land, email us and we will get back to you!