As we reflect on the past year, Partnership With Native Americans (PWNA) extends heartfelt thanks to our donors, partners, and supporters.

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Some of you learned about realities on the reservations due to COVID-19, yet so many are not Native Aware™ — and we need your help to change this.

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Gifts-In-Kind (GIK) Non-cash donations are integral to meeting the needs in remote Tribal communities. Can your organization make a difference for underserved Tribal communities?

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Our partnerships

We serve remote reservation communities that most Americans never see and most organizations cannot reach — whether due to geography, a need for reservation contacts or cultural competency, or a lack of information about specific needs.

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Partnership With Native Americans

Partnership With Native Americans is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization committed to championing hope for a brighter future for Native Americans living on remote, isolated and impoverished reservations. Collaborating for nearly 30 years with our reservation partners, we provide consistent aid and services for Native Americans with the highest need in the U.S.

OUR MISSION

SERVING IMMEDIATE NEEDS. SUPPORTING LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS.

OUR VISION

STRONG, SELF-SUFFICIENT NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITIES.

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NPRA

NPRA offers food, health, emergency, and holiday support services throughout remote Native American reservations in the Northern Plains.

SWRA

SWRA offers food, health, emergency, and holiday support services throughout remote Native American reservations in the Southwest.

AIEF

AIEF offers educational support services for Native American students throughout the United States.

RAR

RAR offers animal welfare services to Program Partners who care for homeless, injured, hungry, and abandoned animals in the Southwest and Northern Plains.

NRF

NRF offers food, health, and emergency services throughout remote Native American reservations in the Southwest.

SNRF

SNRF offers food, health, emergency, and holiday support services throughout remote Native American reservations in the Northern Plains.

NAA

NAA offers food, health, emergency, and holiday support services throughout remote Native American reservations in the Northern Plains.

SWIRC

SWIRC offers food, emergency, and holiday support services throughout remote Native American reservations in the Southwest.

Committed to providing genuine care and support

Our Core Services

Food & Water

PWNA provides food support through breakfast for Elders, staple foods for Elder Nutrition Centers and food pantries, fresh produce, emergency food boxes and Thanksgiving and Christmas meals for Native Americans living on remote reservations.

Emergency Services

PWNA provides disaster relief when Tribal citizens are displaced, as well as emergency preparedness planning and training, winter fuel and seasonal emergency kits for Native Elders, and supplies for shelters and their residents.

Education

PWNA provides educational support for Native students through school supplies, scholarships, laptops, care packages, books and incentives for literacy programs, and capacity-building through our Four Directions (4D) cohorts

Health Care

PWNA provides health support for Native Americans through services such as healthy living, community events, community investment projects, and capacity-building cohorts for healthy nutrition.

Holiday Support

PWNA provides holiday support for Program Partners on remote reservations through services that provide holiday joy in the form of children's stockings, Elder gift bags, and Santa Stops.

Animal Welfare

PWNA offers animal welfare services for Program Partners on remote reservations who help animals in need by providing pet food and supplies, community engagement, and grants for spay/neuter and veterinary services.

While many people learned about the reality of life for various Native American tribes amid the COVID-19 pandemic, there are plenty who are not yet NativeAware — and we need your help to change this.

We hope you will share this page with your friends and family to help everyone in your circle become NativeAware of what the tribes are currently up against, as well as what's working for them.

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Resources

Whether you are wanting to learn more about Native History, track down your Native root, explore different reservations and tribes, teach a child about the real Thanksgiving story or need a site to source for a college research paper, PWNA is a trusted resource.