I know I just posted about the Quileute tribe's Move to Higher Ground initiative, but if you're in western WA/the Seattle area I also want to highlight the Chief Seattle Club! They're a really outstanding organization supporting housing for indigenous folks.
Chief Seattle Club is a Native-led housing and human services agency. We believe that a world without homelessness is possible by leading with Native values. We provide sacred space to nurture, affirm, and strengthen the spirit of urban Native people.
One of their newest housing projects is ʔálʔal:
The face of homelessness is as varied as each individual story. Native people enduring homelessness are far more likely to successfully stabilize their lives if they are in culturally appropriate and community-oriented housing. Today, Native Americans face the highest poverty rate of any racial group in King County. Of the 12,000 homeless people in the County over 15% are American Indian or Alaskan Native. ʔálʔal is a place for our urban Native relatives to connect and find stability, a space designed by Native people for Native people. ʔálʔal (“Home” in Lushootseed) is a landmark housing project located across from the Pioneer Square Link Light Rail Station featuring nine floors of housing, health care, and social services for over 2,700 people annually including 88% low-income and 93% American Indian/Alaskan Native (AI/AN).
You can donate here to support their mission, and go here if you would like to access their services.
(Tangentially related, their beautiful logo was done by Louie Gong, who founded a lifestyle brand called Eighth Generation owned by the Snoqualmie Tribe. Maybe consider their gorgeous native-designed wool blankets, home goods, and accessories for holiday gifts.)
