The Healing Circle

The Healing Circle works to keep Native families safe and to educate Native people in an effort to end the silence around domestic and sexual violence.  We believe that the threat of violence has not always been the norm in Native families and we know that many of our Tribes and Nations had strict codes about how to deal with this issue.  Violence in the family was not tolerated, and people who chose to batter their partner were never considered for positions of leadership because they could not be trusted to care for all of the people in a good way.  The goal of the Native American Family Healing Circle is to help our Native peoples to re-learn these cultural traditions and put an end to Domestic Violence in our Native communities.  No one should have to live in fear in his or her own home.

 
We support families impacted by domestic and sexual violence by providing advocacy, referrals, and support groups.  We work with local programs to facilitate safety planning and placement, provide transportation when needed, emergency hotel vouchers, and assure the practice of culturally relative services.  We also provide assistance with  filling out and filing Temporary Restraining Orders, Child Custody Orders, as well as housing and benefit issues.

Upcoming Events:

Ready to Rent
The NAYA Family Center is proud to present Ready to Rent classes. Ready to Rent classes will be at the NAYA Family Center, located at 5135 NE Columbia Blvd.  These classes are open to the public, to sign up, please contact Delores at ext. 235.  

NAYA Family Center and the Indian Country Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault have compiled a statewide directory of culturally specific resources for Native American survivors of domestic violence.  Click here to download the document (you will need Microsoft Publisher to view this file).