About Red Wind
Red Wind Consulting is committed to working with Tribal and Native specific programs to ensure that indigenous solutions are incorporated in our thinking and responses to end violence against Native women.
What We Are About
Red Wind is a 501c3 nonprofit organization created in response to the increasing needs of Tribal and Native specific programs to develop indigenous responses to domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking. Resources have been slow to reach Indian Country. Indigenous women have been organizing for years, however, the levels of technical support available to tribes and native-specific organizations continue to be limited. Red Wind was developed to bring additional resources to ending violence against women work while enhancing the capacity of Tribal and Native specific programs.
Red Wind Consulting’s vision is to strengthen Tribal programs and Native organizations' ability to develop and enhance local responses to domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking.
Our indigenous cultures historically provided our communities with the means to prevent and respond to violence against women. Indigenous values and beliefs were and are the cornerstone for our communities living in balance while upholding women’s honored place in society. Some Tribal programs are creating and providing excellent Tribal specific programming that can be used as models in Indian Country.
Red Wind Consulting has the expertise and experience to assist Tribal and Native specific programs to incorporate tribal lifeways in their design. Red Wind can offer a range of technical assistance methods and training topics to assist organization and programs in their development.
Support & Expand
who want to expand their expertise or want added support as they develop a project from the ground up at all levels...
Unique Issues
who want to draw from mainstream/ dominant culture structures that are not specifically designed to take up the unique issues faced by the local indigenous communities...
Values & Customs
who desire to create a programmatic structure that incorporates their local indigenous values, customs and traditions in all aspects of their work.
As we work to address domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking in our communities today, drawing from the strengths of our indigenous origins can be challenging to some of our communities. Red Wind works with tribal programs and native specific programs:
Red Wind's Leadership
Enhancing tribal and Native specific organizations' capacity to provide safe responses for battered women and their children, Red Wind Consulting’s board of directors bring a depth of experience and skill working to end violence against women as well as delivering a range of technical assistance to Tribal programs.
The board of directors is all Native with more than 70 years of combined experience working to end violence against indigenous women.
Red Wind Board of Directors
Areas of Expertise
DEVELOPMENT
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Developing programs and organizations
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Long range planning, strategic planning
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Visioning, designing mission/vision and overarching philosophies for your program or organization
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Designing and implementing advocacy programs, shelters, and transitional housing (from the ground up including property/facility and program)
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Designing and implementing supervised visitation centers
ADVOCACY
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Developing DV/SA advocacy responses
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Core philosophies for providing advocacy for victims of DV and SA
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Safety planning
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Accompanying victims in the criminal justices processes and medical procedures
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Developing and facilitating women's educational groups
CHILDREN AND YOUTH
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Impact the batterer has on children
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Building resiliency practices
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Teen Dating Violence
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Program design for children and youth
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
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Designing and implementing your CCR/SART
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The advocate’s role in coordinating, managing, leading a CCR/SART
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Working across multidisciplinary teams
SEXUAL ASSAULT
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Victim care and support
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Sexual Assault protocol development
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Working with tribal leadership
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Multi-disciplinary response coordination
PUBLIC AWARENESS AND OUTREACH
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Building community support to address DV and SA
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Working with tribal leadership
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Designing materials
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Designing your message
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Developing public awareness campaigns
Consultant Partners
Highly experienced and knowledgeable consultants bring a depth of experience working in Indian Country to enhance Red Wind’s capacity to work with tribal and Native specific programs focused on a range of areas.