We are a coalition developing new possibilities for cultural, health and economic sovereignty. We work to reduce obstacles created by domination culture.
Dignity
Following through of the love force that flows through us, identity, self worth. Go deeper.
Compassion
Love in action, peace in effect, responding to suffering in others to alleviate it.
Harmony
Dinë/Navajo word for harmony, balance, beauty, everything in its right place as it should be.
Pathways to Sovereignty
We provide connections to education, training and services that support communities in developing sovereignty through ten pathways:
All that is natural in the world. Nature. How much of the natural world is allowed to thrive?
The capacity to connect to everything, to each other, to nature. How spiritual is your community allowed to be?
Physical, emotional, social wellbeing. What is the collective health and wellness of your community?
Shared meaning making of a community. Do people deeply honor and practice their heritage and culture?
Relations–connections with others. Do people get along, trust one another, work and create together.
Information, understanding, wisdom. Do you and your community steward your own collective knowledge.
Capacity to think, reflect, grow, adapt. Are you mentally and emotionally well without depending on others.
Our individual experiences, capacity, potential. Can you thrive without depending on people from the outside.
Physical manufactured things. Can you thrive without needing things from outside of your community.
Any resource measured in terms of money. Are you free from compromising your values because of money.
Council of Elders
Our values and principles are guided by the wisdom of the elders
Andrea Alexander
Makah
Economic Sovereignty
I have leveraged over $480 million for Indian Country in areas of Tribal Nation transportation, energy, and telecommunications. I am now working on economic sovereignty, addressing financial literacy issues in native communities to help develop new housing sovereignty models through the NW Native Asset Building Coalition (NWNABC).
Circle of Stewards
Our work is facilitated by stewards of sovereignty
Jessica Sandhu
Anishinaabe
Wellness Sovereignty
As a Canadian born healer and yoga teacher of Anishinaabe First Nations and Punjabi Indian descent, I honor the traditional customs of yoga and respect Indigenous culture. As an anti-racist healer and teacher, my goal is to create equity in conference rooms, on the yoga mat, and in coaching sessions.
Jeff Tomhave
Hidatsa
Indigenous Sovereignty
An enrolled (Hidatsa) member of the Three Affiliated Tribes of Fort Berthold, and a descendent of the Ho-Chunk and Prairie Band Potawatomi, I grew up learning about tribal politics at the kitchen table before becoming a lawyer and scholar of federal/Indian relations.
Kavita Shourie
Indus River Valley
Human Sovereignty
I am an ethical entrepreneur of ancient, spiritual practices that examine our relationships with Mother Earth and the current stewardship of land. I am developing an indigenous peacemaking center at a regenerative BIPOC-serving wellness retreat that I am part owner and steward of.
Neil Takemoto
Hawai'i Kamaʻāina
Community Sovereignty
Born and raised in Hawai'i, I have worked in regenerative community development for 30 years, supporting thriving places, circular economies and systems change. I work with nonprofits, businesses and government in a collective impact initiative to provide greater access to community sovereignty.
Charlene Eigen-Vasquez
Ohlone
Indigenous Sovereignty
.Charlene currently serves as Chairwoman of the Confederation of Ohlone People, she travels across the country providing peacemaking training and consulting on matters of Indigenous self governance, peacemaking, leadership skill development and healing from generational trauma tied to colonization.
Solana Booth
Nooksack, Mohawk, Ts’msyan
Spiritual Sovereignty
As an ocean canoe skipper and NW coastal traditional medicine keeper, her vision is to open the doors of Nesting Eagle, a behavioral health and spiritual clinic. She promotes Native American and Alaska Native and First Nations traditional teachings using multiple healing modalities.
Dan Seydel
Identity
Housing Sovereignty
.Dan has dedicated his life to empowering the underprivileged in achieving their own economic sovereignty. He is developing a housing sovereignty program through a 501c3 dedicated to achieving this at the Entrepreneurial Institute of Washington (EIW).
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