Cheyenne Reynoso (Choctaw, Cherokee, Muscogee, and Mexican descent)
Cheyenne Reynoso (Choctaw, Cherokee, Muscogee, and Mexican descent, she/her) is an Indigenous mother raising her son in Tongva Territory. She is an urban Native, born and raised in Tongva homelands. Over the last 15 years, she has worked with urban and local Native communities and communities of color throughout the Southern California area on cultural, educational, and social justice efforts. She obtained her Master’s in American Indian Studies from UCLA in 2022. Her thesis, entitled “Creating the Space to Reimagine and Rematriate Beyond a Settler-Colonial Present: The Importance of Land Rematriation and “Land Back” for Non-Federally Recognized California Native Nations,” focuses on the importance of Land Back and the creation and transformational work of the Tongva Taraxat Paxaavxa Conservancy and Sogorea Te’ Land Trust. Cheyenne currently works on programs and operations with the Tongva Taraxat Paxaavxa Conservancy, the first Land Back to Tongva peoples in Los Angeles since colonization. Additionally, Cheyenne is a legal apprentice with Sustainable Law Group Inc.’s Land Clinic training to become a lawyer.With her son as a guiding light, Cheanie lives on and stewards a 100-acre conservation easement on the ancestral homelands of the Caddo, Osage, and Quapaw peoples—land that her family has cared for over five generations. Her work has been featured in Bitch Magazine, CultureStrike, and Yes! Magazine. Guided by ancestral wisdom and cultural practices, Cheanie remains committed to the universal liberation of both people and the planet.
Panel: Land Return as an Artistic Endeavor