For three decades, Tribal Trust Foundation has walked alongside Indigenous communities around the world — supporting the people, cultures and lands that carry knowledge passed down across generations. In May 2027, we are marking that milestone the best way we know how: by bringing their art and stories home to Santa Barbara. A month of Indigenous art and story Throughout … Read More
Chumash Trails Day 2027
The conveners of Su’Nan The SPACE, the Montecito Trails Foundation, and the Tribal Trust Foundation invite you to JOIN US in HONORING the LAND & TRAILS of the ORIGINAL PEOPLES of SANTA BARBARA with a day of art, storytelling, and ceremony. For over 13,000 years, the Original Peoples of the Santa Barbara region, now known as the Chumash, have lived … Read More
Chumash Trails Day Santa Barbara
Indigenous Peoples Day: Chumash Trails Day Santa Barbara The conveners of Su’Nan The SPACE, the Montecito Trails Foundation, and the Tribal Trust Foundation invite you to JOIN US in HONORING the ORIGINAL PEOPLES of SANTA BARBARA with a day of art, storytelling, and ceremony. For over 13,000 years, the Original Peoples of the Santa Barbara region, now known as the … Read More
Honoring Our First Mother
Before there were any of the mothers we know and love, there was the first one — our Mother Earth. Indigenous wisdom keepers have kept this knowledge alive and continue to tend to her care. Many others have lost there way and while we hear a lot about environmental destruction in the news, one of the biggest threats to Indigenous … Read More
Internship Opportunities
Tribal Trust Foundation Internship Opportunities The Tribal Trust Foundation welcomes high school and college students to learn about Indigenous wisdom traditions and work with us to support a thriving future through Indigenous-led storytelling, partnerships, and collaboration. Join TTF in Our Mission The Tribal Trust Foundation carries on a 30-year history of supporting Indigenous-led projects and programs that preserve and uplift … Read More
The Power of Connection, Water, and Earth
In February, the Tribal Trust Foundation responded to the request of Maya Shaw Gale, a life-long advocate of indigenous wisdom, past TTF Board Member, and current TTF Advisor, to sponsor Adrian Salas Xopan, a Mayan ceremonialist and healer, to participate in the Indigenous Earth Day Tikal Conference in Guatemala. The intention of the Tikal convergence of spiritual leaders and wisdom … Read More
Responsiveness in Support for Hadza People
In times of great change, it is wise to go back to what we know has worked throughout millennia: the ways of Indigenous people, who have built cultures and traditions anchored in ancient wisdom that is perhaps more relevant today than ever before. Indigenous communities are also most vulnerable to the life-threatening effects of climate change and the extractive practices … Read More
Supporting San Bushmen Youth
In 2021, the San Bushmen living in Nhoma, a remote village in the Kalahari Desert of Namibia, asked the Tribal Trust to provide a school in their village that ensures an indigenous transfer of knowledge that coincides with teaching western knowledge; not through integration or assimilation of one within another but have these knowledge systems stand side by side … Read More
Love Is a Verb 🌀
“Teach us love, compassion, and honor that we may heal the Earth and heal each other.” This quote is often attributed to the Native American Indigenous Ojibwa people and it feels fitting to share it in this month of February. It is also a time in history in which our one planet Earth, and all who live here, are hurting and … Read More
Support Sacred Activism
Hadza Hunter by Roberta Marroquín DONATE TODAY The Tribal Trust Foundation (TTF) serves as an ally organization and a messenger between worlds. TTF has well-established, authentic relationships with Indigenous communities coupled with a deep desire to help bring sacred Native wisdom back to the modern world. TTF plays an important role as a messenger in this landscape. Last year the … Read More
Join Us For A Gathering At The Cosmic Fire 2024 Summit
I am delighted to welcome you to join me and the wonderful team at Shamans Directory for the Gathering At The Cosmic Fire Summit 2024 from October 7 to 11, featuring 40+ honored shamanic earth-based healers, teachers, and wisdom keepers who have devoted their lives to preserving and protecting the wisdom and medicine of … Read More
The Doctrine of Discovery: Join Us For A Film Screening This Sunday
Please join us this Sunday, September 15th for a special film screening of The Doctrine of Recovery at The Marjorie Luke Theatre in Santa Barbara, California, as part of their impressive Green Film Series. The film traces the roots of the colonial conquest of North America to the so-called “Doctrine of Discovery,” which was issued by the … Read More