The Academy Award-winning documentary Broken Rainbow inspired the non-profit Broken Rainbow. Katherine Smith of Big Mountain, Arizona was featured in the movie depicting the relocation of Navajo from their traditional homeland.
Today, numerous families in remote areas of the Navajo reservation live without running water, electricity, and other necessities of life. The intent of our fundraising is to provide families with water, food, clothing, blankets, etc., things most people take for granted.
We deliver 5-gallon jugs of drinking water to families on the Navajo reservation. Many people do not have reliable vehicles or monetary resources to haul water and food to their homes. We specifically help the elderly who live many miles from paved roads. Your donation helps with expenses related to delivering essential items.
Without access to running water and transportation to a laundromat, clean clothing and bedding are luxuries many do not have. We deliver donated items to individual homes using donations to pay for the fuel necessary to get to these families. We use several 4X4 trucks to drive the many miles on single-lane dirt roads riddled with potholes or nearly washed out by recent flooding. Your donation allows us to purchase fuel, 5 gallon water jugs and other necessities not donated.
Please consider a donation to our current campaign below, or a general donation here.
Our Current Campaign
The Stone Cabin Collective is an all-volunteer group of herbalists, massage practitioners, acupuncturists and supporters who offer free services in solidarity with the Diné people of Black Mesa in their continuous resistance to massive coal and uranium mining operations, and those affected by the forced relocation policies of the US government.
There is a critical need for a new roof before the winter arrives.
Please learn more about this effort and make a donation on our GoFundMe campaign page: https://gofund.me/05340b96
Monument Valley Horses
Grandma Katherine Smith
Delivering drinking water to a Navajo family who have no running water.
Latest Stories
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Delivery To Big Mountain
Goods collected from Colorado arrive at Big Mountain. Thanks to all who donated!
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Pop Up Free Store
Many donors giving wonderful items resulted in a large pop up free store. Everything went! Thank you generous donors. With very few exceptions all donated items find their way to good homes!
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Cabin (Completion) Fever!
Great progress has been made on the ?, including finishing the ?, and ?.
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Generous Donation Brings Back The Lights
From a generous donation of battery + inverter, Ellis gets her lights back after living in darkness for three months!
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Oak Ridge Firefighters Need Your Help!
The Oak Ridge Fire first sparked around 2:40 p.m. on June 28, about 5 to 8 miles southwest of St. Michaels. Over 600 firefights have been assigned. BIA Wildland Fire Management – Navajo Region stated that in a matter of minutes, the fire covered the length of two football fields, with flames reaching 200 feet.…
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Donations Received
Thanks so much to our amazing donors from Sedona and Colorado. Another successful run with our new trailer. We had several groups from Big Mountain arrive to go through donations that would be useful to themselves and family members.
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We Raised The Roof!
This year, a crew of 6 came from California to help Richard Smith, who was raised in the cabin, enclose the roof before winter. Next is to add a wooden floor over the cracked concrete floor and resurface the inner walls that were damaged when removing the old roof.
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Appeal For Tech Moves The Needle!
In April 2024 Broken Rainbow sent out an appeal for a Navajo man who lost his home in a house fire. I’m asking for more assistance. Today while out on the Navajo Reservation on Black Mesa we visited with Malcolm Benally, author of “Bitter Water: Dine Oral Histories of the Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute” and doctoral…
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Campaign To Acquire Starlink Dishes For Internet To Remote Navajo Homes
Want to join me in making a difference? I’m raising money to benefit Broken Rainbow, and any donation will help families acquire internet service in very remote locations on the Navajo Reservation. Many families have solar collectors to allow them to have electricity, however the only company proving internet on black Mesa went out of…