Organizations we support
Revolutionary Urban Natives
Revolutionary Urban Natives is an organization that seeks to foster a strong community of Native people who are active in creating positive social change for indigenous people. We seek to understand and reveal the untold history of the Native experience. We seek to individually and collectively heal from traumas such as the “Great Deaths” which caused intense inter-generational grief.
This inherited legacy, along with the movement from subsistence to a cash economy and being forced into a multi-layered, philosophically different governance structure has caused a severance from our indigenous identities. Our indigenous cultures have been put to sleep, our people have been reprogrammed and assimilated, and because of this loss of identity, Native communities suffer in disproportionate numbers from societal ills such as depression, suicide, alcoholism and violence.
We seek to eliminate the practice of continued assimilation and apathy toward Native people. As citizens of this state and country, we “New Natives” find ourselves in a unique position. Our culture has obviously changed, and is changing still. But at this point in history, we have learned that we are not powerless, and that we will not allow ourselves to feel shameful of who we are.
We must make our voices heard in an organized, peaceful and unprecedented way. We are comprised of both Native and Non-native people who recognize the responsibility for each individual to heal from these past traumas. One by one and together, we seek to heal as we build collective strength, taking back our identities, telling our stories and making a critically stronger presence in the decision-making levels of our society. We invite you to participate! Contact
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--Randi Madison