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Walking the path of hózhó — together, toward renewal.
We are a Native-led foundation working to end violence against Indigenous women and girls — through healing, education, and community impact rooted in our oldest teachings.
Restoring balance where it has been broken.
Hózhó is the Diné teaching of beauty, balance, harmony, and wellness — a state of being in right relationship with ourselves, our families, and the land. When violence enters a community, hózhó is fractured.
The Hózhó Path Renewal Foundation exists to support Indigenous women and girls who have experienced harm, to educate our communities and the broader public, and to advocate for the systemic changes that will keep our relatives safe.
We do not work alone. We work alongside tribal leaders, traditional practitioners, families of the missing, and survivors whose courage lights the path.
Our relatives are missing. The numbers are not numbers — they are names.
of Native women experience violence in their lifetime.
National Institute of Justice, 2016
the national murder rate, in some counties where Native women live.
U.S. Department of Justice
reports of missing AI/AN women in 2016 — only 116 were logged in the federal database.
Urban Indian Health Institute, 2018
These are the cases we know about. Underreporting, jurisdictional gaps, and historical erasure mean the true scale is larger. Every figure on this page represents a daughter, a mother, an auntie, a sister.
Three paths. One direction: home.
Survivor support and traditional healing
Direct support for survivors of trauma — emergency housing referrals, advocacy through legal proceedings, and access to traditional healing practitioners working alongside licensed clinicians. Care that respects who our relatives are.
Awareness, prevention, and youth programs
Curriculum and workshops for tribal schools, community centers, and youth groups — focused on healthy relationships, digital safety, knowing your rights, and the cultural strength that has carried our people forward.
Advocacy and family support
Standing with families of the missing through search efforts, media navigation, and legislative advocacy. Closing jurisdictional gaps so no case falls between the cracks of federal, state, and tribal authority.
“She had a name. She had people who loved her. Saying her name out loud — that is the beginning of the path back.”
There is a place for you on this path.
Every gift funds direct support for survivors, families, and community programs. Monthly giving sustains the work.
Lend your skills — legal, translation, technology, transportation, traditional knowledge. We need many hands.
Download our awareness toolkit. Host a screening. Bring this conversation into your community.
You are not alone. Help is available, 24/7.
Walk this path with us.
Your support funds direct survivor services, youth education, and family advocacy. Hózhó Path Renewal Foundation is a 501(c)(3); contributions are tax-deductible.