A.N.E. creates a bridge of hope between Native Americans and other cultures. It allows us to reach out to one another, share our gifts, and mend the broken circle of our relationship with the land and the Native Americans who hold it in sacred trust. The Program supports Elders who live in the cultural and spiritual traditions of the Navajo (Diné) people. Most live in remote portions of the Navajo Reservation. Many live in hogans or simple structures with no running water and some have no electricity. Some raise sheep to sustain themselves and to obtain wool for weaving.

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Adopt-A-Native-Elder (A.N.E.) incorporated in 1991 to take food to traditional Elders living below the poverty line in remote areas of the Navajo Reservation in Utah and Arizona. Although families help their Elders, conditions exist that make our assistance essential. As Elders age, their ability to work diminishes while basic requirements for firewood, food, mobility equipment and simple medical supplies increase. We wish to honor and respect traditional Elders and their culture. These are resilient people, and as long as they have their basic needs of food, heat, and shelter met, they will survive as they have for hundreds of years. Presently, over 700 Navajo Elders are enrolled as adopted Elders in our Program. Over 3,000 people who live in poverty in remote locations on the Reservation receive some form of Program assistance from Adopt-A-Native-Elder.

We provide food and simple medical supplies to traditionalNavajo Elders age 75 and older who face food insecurity everyday.

The Navajo reservation in Southern Utah and Northern Arizona