Native Action Network invites you to join us for an inspiring gathering of our Native Women Warriors. We're dressing up, putting on our favorite Native BLING, treating ourselves to our favorite lunch and hanging out with our Native sisters. We're all dealing with the challenges of COVID-19 and working to ensure the safety and health of our families. Join us as we take some time out of our busy days to relax, connect, and laugh. All attendees will receive a snack pack from Native-owned companies in the mail following the event!

April 8, 11:30AM-1:00PM, via Zoom, Dr. Charlotte Coté (Nuu-chah-nulth) will present A Pathway to Healing: MMIWG and the REDress Project. Dr. Coté’s presentation focuses on missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls and the REDress project that honors the women who lost their lives or disappeared, and brings attention to their stories as a pathway to healing from historical and colonial trauma.

Dr. Charlotte Coté is associate professor in the Department of American Indian Studies at the University of Washington. Dr. Coté is from the Nuu-chah-nulth community of Tseshaht on the west coast of Vancouver Island. She has dedicated her personal and academic life to creating awareness around Indigenous health and wellness issues. Dr. Coté works with Indigenous peoples and communities in addressing health disparities through the revitalization of traditional foodways. Her current book focuses on Northwest Coast Indigenous food sovereignty (UW Press, Fall, 2021). Dr. Coté is the founder and chair of the annual UW "Living Breath of wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ" Indigenous Foods Symposium. Dr. Coté teaches classes on the historical and colonial legacy of racial and systemic violence against Indigenous women in the U.S. and Canada.