ASPEN INDIGENOUS FOUNDATION
honor • share • celebrate
indigenous wisdom through cultural events
Dance & Drum Performance
Downtown Aspen (Sister Cities Plaza)
June 8, 2024 | 4 - 5:30PM
Free family event celebrating Indigenous dance and drumming. Audience participation is encouraged!
Victory Ride
Equine therapy that supports at-risk indigenous youth.
Please help us make a positive impact on a young Native life.
June 20-25, 2024
The 2023 Shining Mountains Indigenous Film Festival at the Wheeler Opera House was another success!
Our vision is inspiring.
Our mission is to increase awareness in the Roaring Fork Valley of Indigenous presence, history, and wisdom through cultural exchange and community education; to support tribal members and grassroots Indigenous programs that facilitate social and economic development opportunities.
We need your support! Please donate today.
Why we do it.
Many factors have contributed to the oppression of indigenous cultures in America. The frantic over development in the oil and gas industry on tribal lands, the spreading of men’s camps, the unhealed generational traumas, and ongoing genocide negatively impacts the already impoverished reservations. Our goal is to honor and respect the wisdom of the Native American Indians, to promote and share their rich cultures, and educate about the true history that has been left in the dark for too long. We believe it is time to unite, heal, and come together as indigenous children of mother earth.
Programs + Events
Shining Mountain Film Festival to support Native American films
Dance & Drum Exhibitions, POW WOWs, Presentations, and Private Events
Food, clothes and household items donations to Lakota families throughout the year
Lakota Youth Equine Therapy Victory Ride
Annual Christmas Drive serving impoverished families of the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation
Awareness campaigns on reservations to educate about sexual abuse, MMIWM (Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women and Men) to reduce violence on reservations
“The first “peace” which is the most important – comes from the souls of people when they realize their oneness with the universe and all its powers. It is when they realize that at the center of the universe dwells the Great Spirit, and that center is everywhere; it is within each of us. ”