About Us

Yellowstone Peoples 501c3

Yellowstone Peoples is a Native-American nonprofit organization that includes Tribal members from the Greater Yellowstone affiliated Indigenous nations of Montana, Wyoming, Idaho and beyond.

Vision Statement

Through the establishment of a permanent, annual, intertribal and multi-generational Tipi Village in the Yellowstone National Park, Yellowstone Peoples seek to revitalize Tribal culture in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and provide Native youth with educational and mentorship experiences and introduce them to potential career path opportunities. The Land of Steam Tipi Village will help initiate, coordinate and sponsor bi-annual interagency and Intertribal summits that support and fortify Tribal co-management of Yellowstone National Park.

Mission

• Working with Tribal Historic Preservation Offices and Tribal colleges to insure official Tribal participation and accurate and authentic Tribal representation at the Tipi Village.

• Becoming an annual self-sustaining event through the production and sale of a Yellowstone Peoples App.

• Providing culturally enriching experiences to everyone involved and adding content information for Yellowstone Park’s interpretation and signage.

• Providing training and mentoring Tribal college scholars to become the next generation of Tribal community ambassadors in the YNP.

• Building Indigenous nationhood and sovereignty on public lands through education, Intertribal and interagency collaboration.

• Sponsoring a semi-annual Intertribal/federal agency/non-profit gathering to discuss the myriad of topics relating to Tribal co-management of public lands in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.