UNKITAWA

Veterans Program

John Romaro, a veteran, oversees the veterans program. He manages 3-5 monthly events for community outreach, veterans outreach, and cultural services—the Veterans program partners with Daybreak Star, and Duwamish Longhouse. The veteran's program has hosted drum making, belt making, drumming circle, and paddle making.
Women's Wellness:
Unkitawa offers a women's wellness program once a month. These programs allow Indigenous women to gather and converse while working on Indigenous art, foods, and culture. Some past workshops Women's Wellness has hosted are Indigenous earring making, belt making, beaded keychains, and making traditional medicines with honey. The women’s program also made Thanksgiving baskets and gave them to the community.

Re-Entry Program

The Re-Entry program provides cultural services to all the prisons in Washington state. They provide regalia making, pow wow, dance, singing, and sweat lodge service. The re-entry team is passionate about serving the Indigenous inmates and helping the inmates find a cultural connection. These cultural connections are healing to the inmates and can potentially help the inmates find in their life and heal holistically,

Indigenous Wellness

The Indigenous Wellness program operates an Indigenous First Foods Access pantry. This pantry has been open since October 2024. It offers healthy, indigenous food, at no cost, regardless of income. The Pantry has served thousands of people in its first year. The pantry is a response to health disparities such as diabetes, obesity, and heart disease that disproportionally affect the indigenous population. Indigenous Wellness also host monthly Elder's Lunches, weekly community nights and monthly bingo.