Indigenousways

INDIGENOUSWAYS PROMOTES LIVING IN BALANCE FOR DIVERSE COMMUNITIES THROUGH MUSIC, ARTS, OUTREACH AND EVENTS. INDIGENOUSWAYS USES FESTIVALS, VIRTUAL EVENTS AND WISDOM CIRCLES TO REACH INDIGENOUS & LGBTQIA2+ COMMUNITIES TO ENHANCE SURVIVAL AND SUSTAINABILITY. INDIGENOUSWAYS VALUE THE WHOLE PERSON AND COMMUNITIES AND USES MUSIC AND EDUCATION TO RAISE AWARENESS AND GLOBAL SUPPORT FOR INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES.

THE 2022 HYBRID INDIGENOUSWAYS FESTIVAL PILOT PROJECT WAS A VEHICLE FOR THE SUPPORT OF NEW AND EMERGING NATIVE AMERICAN INDIGENOUS (NAI) ARTISTS, AND ALL OTHERS. ALL GENERATIONS AND MANY INDIGENOUS TRIBES AND ALL OTHERS, INCLUDING SCHOOLS AND LOCAL AND SURROUNDING NONPROFITS AND FOOD VENDORS GATHERED FOR FIVE MONTHLY SEASONAL EVENTS IN SANTA FE PARKS. THE FESTIVALS PROVIDED SUCH ARTISTS A PATH FOR ADDITIONAL CREATIVITY, EXPOSURE AND PROFESSIONAL ADVANCEMENT. OUR PROJECT HELPED JUMP START THE NM TOURIST RECOVERY, WHICH WILL, IN TURN, SUPPORT MORE AND BETTER BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR ARTISTS. IWF HAD FULL ACCESS TO ASL INTERPRETERS AND HOSTED ALL AGES; AND A VARIETY OF CULTURES, INCLUDING NAI, LGBTQAI2S+ AND DEAF PRESENTERS. ALL PARTICIPANTS ADDRESSED THE IWF'S THEME: "RE-EMERGENCE". CHILDREN AND ADULTS DANCED ON THE GRASS, WHILE OTHER GOT THEIR FACES PAINTED, LOCAL ARTISTS SOLD THEIR GOODS AND NETWORKED, AND MOST OF ALL, EVERYONE HAD A PLACE TO GATHER AND FEEL SAFE. IT WAS QUITE MAGICAL AND THERE WERE MANY MOMENTS DOCUMENTED VIA FILM AND PHOTOGRAPHS. WE HAD A TOTAL OF 1,756 PARTICIPANTS AND 106 VOLUNTEERS BOTH IN PERSON AND ONLINE.

INDIGENOUSWAYS WISDOM CIRCLE'S (IWWC) LIVE BROADCASTS ONCE A MONTH ON ZOOM AND ALL OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS (9), PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL PEOPLE GLOBALLY TO LEARN FROM THE SOURCE (IWWC GUEST) AS OUR ORAL TRADITIONS ARE CARRIED ON AND ARCHIVED FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. IWVE STARTED IN APRIL 2020, BROADCASTING TWO A WEEK, BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC AND SUPPORTING NAI, LGBTQAI2S+, AND DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING PRESENTERS, ARTISTS AND MUSICIANS. CURRENTLY, WE HAVE SUPPORTED OVER 200 PRESENTERS. IN 2022, WE BROADCASTED 13 EVENTS AND HAD 709 LIVE PARTICIPANTS, AND 13,589 ARCHIVED VIEWS.

NAVAJO NATION RELIEF RUNS (BMRR / DHHRR)DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC IN 2020 & 2021 INDIGENOUSWAYS EMBARKED UPON 22 RELIEF RUNS TO THE NAVAJO NATION - TAKING FOOD, PPE, WATER AND ARTS SUPPLES TO THE BLACK MOUNTAIN (ARIZONA) AND DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING COMMUNITIES IN THE FOUR CORNERS REGION. THE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN A MIX OF DEEP GRATITUDE TO BE ABLE TO SERVE OUR NATIVE COMMUNITIES, BUT ALSO HEART WRENCHING FINDING OUT ABOUT OUR DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING NATIVE ELDERS MISSING OUT. IN 2022, WE WERE ASKED BY THE COMMUNITIES TO HELP, SO WE RETURNED IN MARCH, JULY AND NOVEMBER.