Health and Wellness

In Native cultures, Native peoples had non-violent life ways based on an understanding of the natural world, viewing health through the traditional concepts of balance and sense of well-being. Read More ››

Kristin Welch with the Waking Women Healing Institute Inc., will share how they are building culturally founded, sheltered places of learning to increase wellness, prevent acts of colonial violence... Read More ››

This Special Collection is a new video resource initiative of the NIWRC, a project inspired by the national TED Talks: Ideas Worth Spreading. Read More ››

In honor of Tillie Black Bear, known as the grandmother of the movement to end violence against Native women Read More ››

This Seasonal Healing Camp will discuss Ms. Lucille Grignon's homestead project, Planting Seeds in the Community, and how it fueled her healing journey, in addition to how she uses it to help others. Read More ››

Our whole world has changed, our whole way of life has been put on hold. Read More ››

This video describes the findings of a National Institute of Justice (NIJ) supported study on the prevalence of violence against American Indian and Alaska Native women and men. Read More ››

Since time immemorial, Indigenous Peoples have experienced the connection between land and body. This connection has sustained many ways of life, teachings, and values. The disconnection of those relations through the removal of Indigenous Peoples from their ancestral homes and its impact on Indigenous bodies, spirituality, identity, and culture is evident in the long history of these violently forced changes. Read More ››