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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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Note from the founder who is hiking 149 miles of the Nüümü Poyo (John Muir Trail) and dedicating/praying each mile for a woman, girl, two-spirit who have murdered or are missing. +++ Ashlynn Mike, 11 years old, from the Navajo Nation, is one of the main reasons why I’m doing this hike and dedicating each mile to a name of a woman, girl, two-spirit who have been murdered or gone missing. This story hit home for me and it moved me so deeply that still to this day, I mourn for her loss. On May 2nd, 2016 she and her brother were lured into a van with promises of treats. They were taken to the Shiprock monument (sacred site to the Navajo People), where her brother escaped, but she met a brutal death. Here she was raped, physically abused, and then killed by a tire iron. The killer drove away, while she was still moving. It took 8hrs for the authorities to alert an amber alert. If an Amber alert had been issued sooner, or the search and the ability of the authorities to work quicker and together, could she have been found or saved? This is a HUGE problem. Lack of resources for authorities to work together. Lack of a system to enter data, lack of resources. Today as I start my path and journey, I start with Ashlynne’s name, I honor her and pray for her and her family. This 1st mile of 149 is honoring you and your life. We love you sweet little girl. #mmiw #mmiwg #mmiwg2s #nomorestolensisters
“A woman in harmony with her spirit is like a river flowing. She goes where she will, without pretense, and arrives at her destination prepared to be herself and only herself.” - Maya Angelou 🙌🏽✨ __________ Photo by: @christen_leticia (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
Who needs AC when you’ve got the Colorado mountain breeze!? +++ Air conditioning and a daily shower or backpacking and river rafting? 🤩👌🏾 __________ Photo by: @greymtn __________ 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
Do y’all know about @browngirlsclimb ?? If you don’t, give them a follow. They’re completely beautiful and brilliant!! +++ Owned by women of color. Led by women of color. Created by women of color. Made for all. . We’re excited to release a new design by @badgal_brooky, celebrating the beauty and history of women of color in the mountains. . She’s been here. Been doing it a long time. Climbing mountains part time as she Raises children, Raises homes. She is building bridges, feeding Rome. . She’s the Mother of all and the Mother of me. She’s got Earth in her blood and she fights to be free. . Climbing high. Climbing strong. She’s got the world on her back as she trains to be strong. . Honey, you’ve been here. We all have. We are brown-skinned beauties that the world has attacked, but we fought back. We climbed. We survived. . No route nor a crux will get in our way. So go big and go strong; you’ve got what it takes. . You’re a climber, my sister. You climb every day. . -Brown Girls Climb . Models: @outdoor_chingona , @betylabeta , @amaze_me_grace . T-shirt design: @badgal_brooky . 📸: @ladylockoff 📍Southern Paiute Territory
Founder, @jaylyn.gough will be embarking on an incredible journey to honor the women and girls of the #MMIW campaign. Please read below for more information and visit the link in our bio to support her trek! +++ On July 28th I will be SOLO hiking the Nüümü Poyo, aka John Muir Trail. Last summer I only hiked half (due to fires and smoke) of the trail with Paiute women who were reclaiming the trail as their ancestral trading route. I will be finishing the trail, by starting out at Bishop Pass and ending in Yosemite. For each mile I hike, I will pray for a name of a woman/girl who has been either murdered or is missing, in honor of the #mmiw campaign, that’s 149 beautiful names!! If you have a loved one I can pray for, please put their name in the comments. The entirety of this hike is honoring them and their lives. I also need your help to make this trek happen. In my bio there is a link to help with an REI gift registry that will help with supplies or a go fund me site. Any help and prayers are welcomed! Thank you!!
Ready for the weekend? Tell us what your adventures will be! +++ 🌎 n o n e x i s t e n t c o m f o r t z o n e || tell me not to do something ... chances are I’m already on it ✌🏼 __________ Photo by: @__kamiko__ (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