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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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This has been an incredible year. We have grown to numbers I have never thought possible. Our Women have become leaders in our government. Our Special Needs Native Women and Special Olympics are receiving the recognition they deserve. Our Veterans have our love, respect, and honor. And our voices are rising. Thank you for spending this year with us. Thank you for your support and love. Through your financial support we were able to support three non-profits. Your support means the world to me, please continue in helping us spread the world! Love and blessings, Founder, @jaylyn.gough
As a native woman from the Maluku Islands, I am honoured to live on Sápmi, the land of the Sámi. The Sámi are divided by the boarders of four nations, Norway,Sweden, Finland and Russia. They have their own language and their own culture. For a long time they were forbidden to speak their own language and practice their own culture. But now the Sámi is the ONLY RECOGNIZED indigenous peoples in the European Union. The number of Sámi people is approx. 70.000. They are still here, they are still alive. The Sámi, People of the Sun and the Wind. This hike went through Urho Kekkonen National Park, ancient land of the forest Sámi. __________ 📷 @thebohohobos 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. __________ #nativewomenswilderness #unaplogeticallynativeandproud #wilderness #unapologeticallybadass #outside #indigenouswomen #optoutside #diversifyoutdoors #forceofnature #rei1440project #outdoorwomen
Making a couple of these, to be sold. I can also make them custom colors if requested. Or this can also be the only one I make, depends on demand. ____________ 📷 by @nonookeiht_bee3eisei 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. __________ #nativewomenswilderness #unaplogeticallynativeandproud #wilderness #unapologeticallybadass #outside #indigenouswomen #optoutside #diversifyoutdoors #forceofnature #rei1440project #outdoorwomen #truckerhat #beaded
Yá'át'ééh Késhmish!!! From my family to yours, my sister, Cher and I wish you a very Merry Christmas. May you have a blessed day with your loved ones!
Without the support of our community, we would not be able to give back to these three organizations; Spotted Tail Children’s Home, White Buffalo Calf Women’s Society, and Three Precious Miracles. Thank you to everyone who showed up with your open hearts last night to our fundraiser. @nativewomenswilderness will also be volunteering for the Elders Dinner on Wednesday, December 19th at the Denver Indian Center. If you have the time, sign up through denverindiancenter.org to volunteer. 🙏🏽 __________ 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. __________ #nativewomenswilderness #unaplogeticallynativeandproud #wilderness #unapologeticallybadass #outside #indigenouswomen #optoutside #diversifyoutdoors #forceofnature #rei1440project #outdoorwomen
Meet Cher from the Navajo tribe...sister to NWW’s Founder. Cher participates in Special Olympics in Chicago, IL. Here, she’s in a bowling meet, fun fact: she can bowl better than me, it’s pretty impressive. She has Downs Syndrome, but that doesn’t stop her from being outside and spending her free time in Special Olympics. She sincerely has the biggest heart that I know of and she will love you automatically upon meeting you and will give you the best hug you have ever received. Please support your local Special Olympics. You have no idea how this community drastically changed her life. For once in her life she was accepted and loved. She wasn’t being made fun of how she bounced a basketball, or how she bowls, or what she looks like. This is a special group of people who are just like you and me. In fact I believe they’re much better people than us. Go out and volunteer for SO and meet your own Cher. They’ll love you unconditionally, no matter who you are or represent. __________ Photo: 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. __________ #nativewomenswilderness#unaplogeticallynativeandproud#wilderness #outside #indigenouswomen#optoutside #rei1440project #forceofnature #diversifyoutdoors #outdoorwomen