Auntie Knows Native
Where's the gathering? Auntie knows.

Find your community.

Community meetings, gatherings, classes and celebrations, plus the tribes, organizations and Native-owned businesses behind them. One state at a time, all in one place.

Choose your state

"Looking for your people? Pull up a chair. Auntie will tell you where to go."

State guides

Choose your state

Nine states are open now. Every other state is on the way.

  • AlabamaOpen
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What you'll find

Public events and places near you

Find public events and places that support the Native community in your area.

Know of something? Tell Auntie.

Native-owned businesses

Badges you can trust

Every business can list here. A green badge means we verified the business is Native-owned; an amber badge means a tribe owns it. Badges are added after a free verification.

How badges work

Auntie, a smiling woman with long dark hair
About Auntie

Who's Auntie?

Come in, come in. Looking for your people? Me too, once. Here's what's happening: powwows, meetings, potlucks, all of it. Ándale, go find your seat.

Auntie is a little bit of all of our aunties. She's the one who knows everybody, saves you a plate, and tells you where you need to be. Then she makes sure you get there.

Why I built this

My grandmother raised my mother at a time when it wasn't safe or popular to be Native, so my mother was raised to hide who she was. I've spent my life collecting the pieces.

Our families endured so much: children taken into institutions, shame put on our languages, loss after loss. There's bitterness in that, and there's pride too. Many of us don't live on a reservation. We're out among everyone else, and still we feel a little apart.

That's why community matters. What we share isn't only hardship. It's the comfort of being understood without having to explain. We come from many different nations, but we have something real in common. My own family crosses several of them, and none of us live on a reservation.

I didn't want my kids growing up not knowing where they came from. I can't undo what was lost. What I can do is know who I am here and now, and show up for the community around me. That's why I've sought out the Native community where I live.

Auntie Knows Native is for everyone still collecting their pieces. Come find your people.

— Auntie