Portland All Nations Canoe Family

Portland All Nations Canoe Family is an Indigenous led- 501(c)(3) whose mission is to preserve Indigenous culture by nurturing families and protecting water. We were previously the NAYA Canoe Family from 2013- 17, and in 2018 became our own organization serving Portland Urban Native American and Alaskan members are from over 50 Nations, bands, and villages. We provide cultural programming that centers traditional canoe culture and maintains kinship connections with our Tribal and ecological relatives. Our programming builds leadership and team-building opportunities for our youth and young people that support their mental, physical, and spiritual well-being by providing place-based cultural connections to the people and the lands where we live and travel to.

Testimonials

"Portland All Nations Canoe Family is so welcoming it feels like your meeting old friends. Really it's a community more than a organization." -James I.

"The Canoe family is a community that gives me a purpose and place within the predominately  White city." -Estrella S.