United Indians of All Tribes Foundation

Serving Urban Native populations with social services, arts, and cultural space.

Our mission is to provide educational, cultural and social services that reconnect Indigenous people in the Puget Sound region to their heritage by strengthening their sense of belonging and significance as Native people through being a social service provider, community center, and cultural home for Urban Indians. United Indians of All Tribes (UIATF) has been serving the community through a diversity of programming for 50 years. All of our programming is shaped by and for the community.

Community Building, Philanthropy, Education, Economic Opportunity, Media/Arts, Culture, Environment Protection, Youth/Elders

Established: March 5th, 1970
Year Joined: 2019

UNITED INDIANS OF ALL TRIBES FOUNDATION

Programs

Seattle based social service provider, community center, and cultural home for urban Indians.

Serving urban Natives in Western Washington since 1970

In 1970, a small group of Northwest Native Americans and supporters led by the late Bernie Whitebear engaged in an occupation at Fort Lawton to reclaim a land base for Urban Indians living in and around Seattle. A twenty-acre site was eventually secured for this purpose in what is now Discovery Park. The Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center was completed by UIATF in 1977 and has become a hub of activity for Native peoples and supporters locally, nationally and internationally.
The Foundation provides a wide variety of social, education and economic development opportunities, artistic and cultural activities with and for the Native community including:

  • Sacred Circle Art Gallery & Gift Shop

    1. Annual Seafair Indian Days Powwow

    2. Foster Care Licensing, Indian Child Welfare

    3. Ina Maka Tribal Family Home Visiting

    4. Labateyah Youth Home & Organic Garden

    5. Northwest Native Canoe Center

    6. Daybreak Star Preschool

    7. Native Religious Services (DOC)

    8. Native Workforce and Education

    9. Many community events and collaborations

    10. Venue rentals for weddings, agency and company retreats, summer camps, and more

    11. Bernie Whitebear Ethnobotanical Garden

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