song: Tribal Minds
Performed by: Niño Santo
Our relatives, Niño Santo, created and produced a music video that represented how we see the world. Every view, share, and comment means something to all of us. Support both Native artists and our programming today.
Billions of people struggle alone, without relationships, family, and the foundation to be well. Tribal thought and ways of being, by centering collective community solutions and wellness and imagination, can sustain a movement towards liberation and the energy we need to create the common good. We believe in Native solutions for Native issues - for everyone.
Why Indigenous thought may be the solution to saving the world.
BRIAN "BB" MELENDEZ
NORTHERN / SOUTHERN PAIUTE - WESTERN SHOSHONE
President & CEO of Tribal minds, inc.
Why You should support Tribal Minds?
Out of the 574 federally-recognized Tribes across Turtle Island, Nevada is home to 28 unique Tribes and Colonies. Tribal Minds aims to support the sovereignty and self-determination of Indigenous Nations. As a result, our state grows more robust regarding Indigenous issues and solutions by doing so. In addition, due to the historical impact of assimilation tactics and disenfranchisement, we are bridging sectors of the BIPOC community that have not always organized together.
Organizationally, we are a diverse Goliath of energy with decades of professional and life experience. We aim to bring kindness, approachability, and professional versatility to the table in all of our operations without losing our authenticity, legitimacy, or compromising our core values. Our programming is purposeful in creating spaces led by people of color to provide intentional opportunities for progress in Indian Country.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Where is Tribal Minds, Inc. based?
Where do you operate?
We are a statewide Native-led nonprofit that aims to empower Tribal spaces in rural and urban Nevada. Our focus is on remote Indian reservations that often get overlooked and underfunded. We have strong alliances with Nevada's Tribes, organizers, and other in-state leaders that work to bring attention to the Tribal needs of the Great Basin. Beyond Nevada, we have built relationships with institutions across the country and beyond - particularly through cultural programming with Lenca relatives in Honduras.
Tribal Minds, Inc. originated on the Hungry Valley Indian Reservation, a Tribal Community of the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony. Currently, we are based in Reno, Nevada as we serve Tribal communities across the state. We understand Reno to be a center where Tribal people across the Great Basin work, live, find community, and find each other.
What organizations or institutions are you willing to work with?
Who do you provide services to?
Tribal Minds is willing and eager to work with all organizations that energetically align with our purpose of developing Native solutions for Native issues and the infrastructure to support that. We wish to build relationships that are prosperous and healthy and center the People and the Land.
At Tribal Minds, we prioritize and center the most oppressed in Tribal communities through intentional outreach beyond just the urban core. We regularly run programming in both rural and remote areas of Nevada. We also place a strong emphasis on working together in coalition with other BIPOC-led organizations workng towards liberation.
