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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.
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Pay your Appalachian voluntary land tax today! As an individual or an institution, we appreciate your role in this work. https://checkout.square.site/merchant/MLWCK8ZCBHTQ5/checkout/JUFMQVVVJYILPCP4GHJYHTY7

How much is an appropriate voluntary land tax amount?

Are you a Non-profit 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

Are you a for-profit business on Appalachian land or a national funder 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.
Want to pay your Appalachian Land Tax as an individual?
Do you rent?
$0-1500 monthly rent: annual rent x 0.005 = your recommended annual contribution (0.5% of annual rent)$1501-2500 monthly rent: annual rent x 0.00625 = your recommended annual contribution (0.625% of annual rent)$2501 and above monthly rent: annual rent x 0.0075 = your recommended annual contribution (0.75% of annual rent)

Do you own your home?
Studio = $150 annually or $12.50/month1 Bedroom = $200 annually or $16.66/month2 Bedrooms = $300 annually or $25/month3 Bedrooms = $400 annually or $33.33/month4+ Bedrooms = $500 annually or $41.66/month

 *Thank you to Sogorea Te’ for sharing their calculation model for Shuumi with us. These are guidelines only.

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Email: arp@appalachianrekindlingproject.org