The Healing and Reconciliation Institute works toward a more resilient future by bridging Indigenous and non-Indigenous perspectives, addressing historical and ongoing harms by facilitating a framework for repair. We call this

RADICAL BRIDGE BUILDING

  • A series of online workshops, trainings, and webinars informed by Native wisdom-keepers and HRI Peacemakers. Each Community Education event centers Indigenized knowledge-ways and history as as means of building bridges, strengthening connections, and healing harms.

  • Facilitating repair of past and/or present harms between Indigenous and non-Indigenous community partners, or within Indigenous groups, with an emphasis on implementing collaborative and inclusive frameworks for thriving ongoing partnerships.

  • HRI sponsors a small handful of Indigenous-led projects at any given time.  But we can’t take any credit here- all the well-earned applause goes to our friends and relatives who are paving the way for their communities by passing on traditions, sharing resources, and uplifting communities. 

  • Consulting and capacity-building for Tribes and Native-led nonprofits, to secure Indigenous futures in the face of modern demands. These services are offered across Turtle Island (the United States) with a focus on meeting the self-identified needs of federally unrecognized California Nations.

We are bridge-builders, facilitators, and peacemakers, working towards inclusive and collaborative models that serve the next seven generations and beyond.

Rooted in healing-centered practices, Indigenous-informed protocols, and support for the mending of the many impacts of colonization, each of our services is a direct response to Native-identified needs, requests, and invitations.  In responding to these we always make sure to center the ongoing growth and capacity-building of rising Indigenous leaders and culture-keepers.

Whether we’re supporting Tribes and Nations with 501c3 compliance, hosting peacemaking trainings, aiding in  the creation of co-stewardship and other land-based agreements, or facilitating listening circles and community repair, we’re guided by our organizational core values and a collective roll-up-your sleeves spirit.  We believe in hard work, collaborative communities, and Indigenous futures.

We’re committed to Indigenous Sovereignty and Reconciliation.

Your generosity allows us to provide no- to low-cost Indigenous Governance consulting for Indigenous Tribes, Nations, and groups as close to home as the Native lands we’re on and as widespread as Washington state and the Dakotas.