Find your people.
Community meetings, gatherings, classes and celebrations, plus the tribes, organizations and Native-owned businesses behind them. One state at a time, all in one place.
"Looking for your people? Pull up a chair. Auntie will tell you where to go."
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Only what's public, and nothing sacred
We list events their hosts make public: meetings, classes, potlucks, conferences, celebrations and powwows. Ceremonies are never listed. Members-only gatherings stay with the organizations that hold them.
Badges you can trust
Every business can list here. A green badge means we verified the business is Native-owned; an amber badge means a tribe owns it. Badges are free and can never be bought.
Who's Auntie?
Come in, come in. Looking for your people? Me too, once. Here's what's happening: powwows, meetings, potlucks, all of it. Ándale, go find your seat.
Auntie is a little bit of all of our aunties. She's the one who knows everybody, saves you a plate, and tells you where you need to be. Then she makes sure you get there.
Why I built this
My grandmother raised my mother at a time when it wasn't safe or popular to be Native, so my mother was raised to hide who she was. I've spent my life collecting the pieces.
Our families endured so much: children taken into institutions, shame put on our languages, loss after loss. There's bitterness in that, and there's pride too. Many of us don't live on a reservation. We're out among everyone else, and still we feel a little apart.
That's why community matters. What we share isn't only hardship. It's the comfort of being understood without having to explain. We come from many different nations, but we have something real in common. My own family crosses several of them, and none of us live on a reservation.
I didn't want my kids growing up not knowing where they came from. I can't undo what was lost. What I can do is know who I am here and now, and show up for the community around me. That's why I've sought out the Native community where I live.
Auntie Knows Native is for everyone still collecting their pieces. Come find your people.
— Auntie