A desert landscape at sunset with a traditional Native American teepee on the left, a circular symbol on the ground in front of it, and an adobe-style house to the right, surrounded by desert plants and distant mountains.

The Blacksmith Institute

Grounded in Indigenous traditions from Mexico and the Lakota/Dakota Nations, The Blacksmith Institute offers culturally rooted research, training, education, and healing. We reconnect people, organizations, and communities to land, culture, and purpose through tradition-centered approaches.