“She had a name. She had people who loved her. Say her name out loud — that is the beginning of the path back.”
For too long the stories of Indigenous women lost to violence have been told as statistics, or not at all. This foundation exists to change that — to give back the names, the faces, the lives. To walk with families through the worst of it, and to walk with survivors back into hózhó: the Diné teaching of beauty, balance, harmony, and wellness.
We are Native-led. We are family-led. The work is grief and the work is joy. Both belong here.
Three relatives. Three returns to hózhó.
“I needed someone who knew the prayers in my language.”
[Name] came to us after a year in a system that did not see her. She found ceremony, counsel, and a path her grandmother would recognize. Today she mentors others.
“We will not stop looking. Hózhó means we bring her home — somehow.”
[Name]’s daughter went missing in [year]. The family has spent four years navigating three jurisdictions. We walk that road with them.
“Our girls need to know who they were before the world tried to tell them.”
[Name] leads our youth program — language, ceremony, basketball, fry bread, hard conversations. Prevention starts in belonging.
Statistics that were lives.
of Native women experience violence in their lifetime.
the national murder rate in some counties where Native women live.
missing AI/AN women reported in 2016. Only 116 logged federally.
The opposite of being lost is not being found by strangers. It is being known by your own people.
What we do, in three columns.
Survivor support
Crisis advocacy, traditional healing access, and long-term wraparound care alongside licensed clinicians. We meet each relative where she is.
Awareness & prevention
Youth curriculum, public awareness toolkits, and training for providers, journalists, and first responders on culturally-grounded care.
Family advocacy & reform
Standing with families of the missing — searches, media, jurisdictional advocacy. Pursuing the policy changes that will keep our relatives safe.
Bring your voice. Bring your hands. Bring what you can.
You are not alone. 24/7.
Help us keep speaking their names.
Every contribution funds the path. 501(c)(3); tax-deductible.