​Key 2023-2024 Programs:   • Native Food, Native People and Native Plants  • Soil & Water   • Wellness    
• Rare Disease   • Food is Medicine   • Spirit Speaks Forum   • Arts & Culture  
​• Human Rights  • Disaster/COVID-19 Relief 
Mapping America's Native Food Trail
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Winter 2025 at the Sanctuary
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Happy New Year
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Winter 2024 Solstice Sweat
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Indian Village 2016 ribbon cutting with Montessori School

Maintain
​Native American Church

Wellness

Simply Shenandoah
Wellness Resort
Opening 2026
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Indigenous Liaisons MORE
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Middleburg Life Magazine Nov. 2022 Issue
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Photo by Callie Broaddus
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PBS Ethics and Newsweekly interviewing Chris in 2014.
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Video Feature by We Are The Mighty
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Students from Shenandoah University
We leverage this physical space we call the Sanctuary on the Trail™ which is quietly nestled along the Appalachian Trail (AT) in Northern Virginia on the Blue Ridge Mountain. The Sanctuary provides space to lead out-reach initiatives that are faith-based. It is a kind of "peace place."

Preserve
​Paleo-Indian
Site

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Archaeological Excavation
Over the years, countless lives have come and gone over the Blue Ridge Mountain, hiked along the AT and floated along the Shenandoah River Valley. It is here, we have found some of their stopping points. For the past five years, we have excavated concentric rings, studied the annual solstices and equinoxes and uncovered miles of what appears to be a Paleo-Indian ceremonial and observation site dating back nearly 12,000 years; twice as old as Stonehenge and three times as old as the pyramids.

About Us:

Protect
Sanctuary on
the Trail ™ 

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NPR StoryCorps in the Valley: New Tribe Rising interview with Chris and Rene' White.
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Gifting an Indigenous map to the former Virginia Governor at the Governor's Manson. Maps are available online at: https://www.tribalnationsmaps.com/
Our idea of maintaining a church is a spiritual place / space, not a building. On paper we are a non-profit church. What is written on our hearts and minds is unearthing the Creator's Spirit in our hearts and heritages for all our relations.
     Our mission is “Helping Leaders First” and “Bringing recognition to the contributions that the Indigenous of the Americas have made to the globe” to “Reduce Suffering in the World.” Who is a leader?
Middleburg Life Magazine Article: Local Tradition, The Spirit Plate
Winchester Star Newspaper Article:  Local Native American family encourages people to explore area's indigenous history
Department of Veteran Affairs Article: Hope on the Healing Mountain
National Public Radio (NPR): StoryCorps in the Valley: New Tribe Rising Interview 
Keepers of Mother Earth
and Keepers of the Word
501(c)3 Independent Non-Profit Church
Native American Indian Owned and Operated
This is not an ONAC Church

Supporters and Partners
"Know that the work we're doing now collectively may not be realized in our life time. It's a goal we're working towards, which will benefit people beyond any of our expectations or imaginations. As a peaceful people we can gather people to one sacred hoop and accomplish good,"
– Chris (Comeswithclouds) White