Violence against Native women, families, and communities is widespread — and significantly undercounted, because many incidents are never reported. The contributing factors are structural: colonization, racism, discrimination, complex jurisdictional systems, and historical and generational trauma. Harm can happen on reservations, in urban Native communities, or in Native and non-Native settings, and its effects ripple outward across family and community networks. Just as important: Native...

Each Training will be held in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The first couple Registrations are opening later in May. Agendas are currently being updated and will be added to our website with each registration or sooner as they become available. Elder Abuse Tribal Advocate Institute Protecting Our Elders, Preserving Our Traditions 3.5 days - September 21-25, 2026 Tribal Advocate Program Development Institute Cultural Advocacy for Resillience and Empowerment 5 day - October 5-9, 2026 Sexual...

Written by Victoria Ybanez, MPA As you walk on the shore, you look down and see rocks. Small ones, large ones, tiny, tiny ones. They are there but you never see them arrive. Rocks move, it might not be noticeable but they arrived on that shore just as surely as you move. Their journey is long and steady and eventually, they arrive. While your journey may not seem to be going anywhere, you need to stop and think about the journey of the rocks and consider how your movement might be as sure as...