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MISSION:

To inspire and raise the voices of Native Women in the Outdoor Realm. To encourage a healthy lifestyle grounded in the Wilderness. To educate Natives and non-Natives on the rich beauty and heritage of the Ancestral Lands beneath our feet. 

 

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Native Women's Wilderness was created to bring Native women together to share our stories, support each other, and learn from one another as we endeavor to explore and celebrate the wilderness and our native lands.

 

OUR GOALS

We have a lot of goals around here!  These are at the top of our list...

  • Promote women of color in the mainstream advertising campaigns of outdoor retailers.
  • Encourage the celebration of exploration of the outdoors.
  • Provide education of Ancestral Lands and their People. 
  • Inspire women to get outside and enjoy the outdoor realm.  
  • Promote a healthy lifestyle within the Wilderness.
  • Provide resources for information and community.
  • Encourage outdoor education and leadership training for women and school-age girls. 
     

HOW YOU CAN JOIN US

1. Reach out and tell us about who you are!

2. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook.

3. Get out and hike! Then tag @NativeWomensWilderness in your photos.

4. Submit a story for our blog. We're always looking to hear from more perspectives and experiences.

5. Donate to help us further our mission of promoting Native women in the outdoors. 

 
 
 

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We want to wish two of our Ambassadors, @queerquechua and @aroundtheworldinkatydays HAPPY BIRTHDAY! We’re so thankful for your journey with us and we’re beyond proud of the work you do within your own communities. May the Creator bless you and keep you! Much love!
We welcome @yazziejoanne Joanne Yazzie to our family! In fact we absolutely love this newest member because she’s also the mother to our other Ambassador, @shy_yazzie !! When we first meet Joanne, we immediately fell in love! She’s filled with such beauty, grace, and love! +++ I am Dine'(Navajo), lived in northern Arizona most of my life. I work for Northern Arizona Council of Governments as a teacher aid. I really love what I do. Teaching three to five year old children is a blessing to my heart. People always ask me why I do what I do. I think teaching kids this age is rewarding and unique. Starting early teaching is so important. At this age they are open to everything and with the right teaching, a child can succeed in anything. At my age, hiking is always a challenge for me. I do my daily hike with my husband. Our backyard is the best with the canyon and the desert landscape. Living in northern Arizona is the center the best trails and boating. __________ Photo by: @yazziejoanne (Navajo) 📸: @jaylyn.gough __________ Please use #nativewomenswilderness or DM to be featured. This is a place for our Native women to share, encourage, and support each other in the Outdoor Realm. __________ #nativewomenswildernes #unaplogeticallynativeandproud #unaplogeticallynativeandproud #wilderness #outside #indigenouswomen #optoutside #rei1440project #forceofnature #diversifyoutdoors #outdoorwomen
We are thrilled to announce our newest and Ambassador, the beautiful @thexicanaexplorer !! Rocío Villalobos is a Xicana indigenous woman from Austin, TX. Her entry into social justice work as an 18-year-old college student was through a grassroots environmental justice organization called PODER, People Organized in the Defense of Earth and her Resources. Her involvement with PODER transformed the way she saw herself and the role she wanted to play in her community - one of an advocate, an agitator and a mentor to young people. +++ Rocío's racial justice work was focused on education and immigration until her growing love of hiking, camping and long-distance running brought her back to environmental work. Rocío now works for Westcave Outdoor Discovery Center, where she manages the Children in Nature Collaborative of Austin (CiNCA), and brings together organizations who are working in some capacity to connect children and their families to the outdoors. As a collaborative, they are working to address racial equity, youth leadership development and the creation of Green School Parks. +++ In her personal life, Rocío created an outdoor adventure group to help (re)connect women of color and indigenous women to the land and to explore the history of the land they live on and travel to. As a child, she grew up speaking Spanish at home and went on family road trips to Mexico to visit her relatives. However, it wasn't until much later in life that she learned that her great grandparents on both sides of her family were indigenous peoples who felt they had to sacrifice their culture and language in order for their descendants to survive. Rocío is now committed to learning as much as she can about her family's roots and supporting other people's ability to strengthen their relationship to the land and each other. __________ Photo by: @thexicanaexplorer __________ Please use #nativewomenswilderness or DM to be featured. This is a place for our Native women to share, encourage, and support each other in the Outdoor Realm. __________ #nativewomenswildernes #unaplogeticallynativeandproud #unaplogeticallynativeandproud #wilderness #outside #indigenouswomen #optoutside
We welcome the BEAUTIFUL @aroundtheworldinkatydays to our Ambassador team!! We are honored to have her join us and respect her paths!! Katy is the union of Indigenous Mexican, Filipino, Sephardi, and German lineages. She began her journey to reclaim and reconnect with her Indigenous heritage as an adult when she asked herself the question “who were my Mexican ancestors?” From there she decided it was time to learn about and honor them, because her existence is a testament to their resiliency. Currently, she resides in Durham, North Carolina. Her passion for intersectional environmental activism has led to a career at Greenpeace, where she works on the digital team managing social media and writing campaign content and blogs for their website. Her favorite hobbies include hiking, mountain biking, reading, rock climbing, and snuggling with her dog, Gracie.
WE HAVE EXCITING NEWS!!! Meet Cher, from the Navajo Tribe, OUR NEWEST AMBASSADOR!!! She rocks life with Downs Syndrome and she will be representing Native athletes who participate in Special Olympics!! Cher loves to do any sport available, she’s really good at Basketball, and will be going to the Special Olympics State Games, for Swimming!! She always has a smile on her face, has an infectious laugh, and will give you the best hug EVER!! __________ Photo of: Cher (Navajo) __________ Please use #nativewomenswilderness or DM to be featured. This is a place for our Native women to share, encourage, and support each other in the Outdoor Realm. __________ #nativewomenswildernes #unaplogeticallynativeandproud #unaplogeticallynativeandproud #wilderness #outside #indigenouswomen #optoutside #rei1440project #forceofnature #diversifyoutdoors #outdoorwomen #specialolympics #downsyndrome
How many of you went hiking this weekend!? Share your hiking adventures with us, we wanna bear them!