OUR WISH LIST

Help us to continue our work and meet the needs of the communities we serve.

First of all thank you for your interest in donating to Indigenous Lifeways. Thank you in advance for you generosity and continuing to support indigenous-women led organization.

Why your donation matters:

The immediate community we serve are Diné people living on Navajo Nation lands. With over 356,000 enrolled members, spanning over Navajo reservation land that is comparable in size to the state of West Virginia and crosses over three states, the Navajo Nation is the largest tribe in the United States.

The Navajo Nation also, unfortunately, has suffered as an “energy sacrifice zone” due to the intense uranium ore extraction, coal mining and burning, and relentless oil and gas extraction. Despite the fact that Chaco Canyon is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, National Historical Park, and Dark Sky Park, 91% of the public land around Chaco Canyon is leased to oil and gas.

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Our Indigenous Lifeways

Indigenous Lifeways

2418 E. Historic Highway 66 # 259

Gallup, NM 87301

EIN # 81-0688387

Phase 1 -
Immediate Needs

Permanent Office Space

To amplify our current programs and meet the urgent community needs, we are currently raising funds to secure a safe and permanent facility for community gatherings and programming.

We dream this permanent space will become a multi-purpose studio to gather, create art, be a safe space for youth and elders. This would also uplift our mutual aid efforts to house and process donations for the communities and programs we continue to serve since COVID pandemic.

Vehicle

The communities we serve are significant distances from our home office. We were using staff owned vehicles until it was obvious that the wear and tear on personal vehicles was not sustainable. We now rent vehicles- which is costly and time consuming.

This multi-use vehicle will be used for both transportation and as a mobile office and studio to showcase local art.

The van will meet the needs of our community outreach efforts and mutual aid requests. We need dependable transportation for events such as:

health fairs,

film expos/festivals,

career fairs,

trainings, and

community led demonstrations.

Phase 2 -
After vehicle and office space is secured

Multimedia In house iMac Desktops and ipads, hard-drives.

To further our inhouse editing, increase our media capacity and multimedia demonstrations we are requesting to have inhouse editing access for the community to create their own stories.

Phone

We can uplift our in-take incoming requests for all programming and send out mass texts for programming events.

Ongoing Development of our
1.5 Million DREAM TEAM

We currently only have ONE FULL TIME Staff member, Executive Director Krystal Curley. We commend her for her dedication to Indigenous Lifeways and are grateful for ALL the Community members and youth who have helped uplift our programming throughout the years. We would like to take a moment to thank current and past supporters of our work.

Working without a formal office space. Working without an organizational vehicle. Krystal currently fulfills the duties of all of the positions listed below.

Let's help her create a Team to grow and meet the needs of the communities we serve.