We Are Still Here, the Alliance for Early Success Native Communities Learning Project, was established to address knowledge gaps at the Alliance and in the broader Alliance network about Native history, governance, culture, and community. We Are Still Here builds a shared foundational cultural understanding to support our capacity as advocates to be in authentic relationship with Native leaders and communities.

Native American communities are too often made invisible in policy campaigns and conversations, despite the fact that there are Native children, families, and communities in every state. The United States’ inhumane and genocidal treatment of the original inhabitants of this land continues to have impacts today, while the cultural strengths, sovereignty, and ongoing contributions of Native Americans to our collective wellbeing are overlooked, misunderstood, or intentionally ignored.