Friends of Wisdom
Keep Indigenous Voices Alive for Generations
Your gift helps Native elders, storytellers and young people record, protect and share their knowledge, language and culture.
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Where Your Gift Goes
Friends of Wisdom gifts support all of our programs, wherever the need is greatest.
Multimedia Internships
Native youth learn to film, edit and produce stories that share their communities' voices.
ITEK Internships
Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge training that restores land, water and first foods.
Indigenous Archive
Digitizing decades of recorded elder interviews so their wisdom is never lost.
Our mission
Wisdom of the Elders records, preserves, and shares Native American oral history, cultural arts, language, and traditional ecological knowledge of Indigenous elders, storytellers, and tribal leaders. We strive to correct misconceptions, bring health and wellness to Native people, and show how Indigenous culture has enriched, and continues to enrich, our world.
Give with Confidence
Wisdom of the Elders, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN 93-1164114). Your gift is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law, and you will receive a receipt by email.
Questions about giving? Call us at (503) 775-4014.