Urban Native Collective

Today we honor Indigenous women, the heartbeat of our community’s wellness.

Wellness in food grown in healthy soil.
Wellness in beading, weaving, art, writing.
Wellness in civic participation and land stewardship.
Wellness in mental health support rooted in culture and belonging.

Indigenous women understand a truth the world often forgets: health is collective, and at Urban Native Collective, Indigenous women lead this work every day. Through hiking groups, yoga, gardening, land stewardship, civic engagement, and culturally-rooted mental health support, women are weaving a safety net of belonging.

If you believe in community-led healing, it’s time to uplift the matriarchs making it a reality!

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Over the past year, UNC has been working to ensure the health and wellness of all our Indigenous relatives. While attacks on those Native to this land are not new to us, it has been necessary for our collective to focus even more intently on ensuring the security and wellbeing of our community, friends, and neighbors.

As Native People, we continue to face the same colonial violence which has attacked our communities and Nations for over 500 years.

Despite this, we have always fought to dig deeper into our People, ways, and land. The deeper our roots grow, the higher we rise. This year proved what we’ve always known. When we tend to the ground beneath us, when we gather intentionally, when we refuse to be moved, everything else becomes possible.

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