https://www.nativewomenrun.org/events daily 0.75 2026-02-01 https://www.nativewomenrun.org/home daily 1.0 2025-07-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1924d66eeb973ee1afc803/5d840ba3-1519-4155-8c44-abd3a5950fc7/IMG_2212.jpeg Home NWR strives to create opportunities and break down barriers, ensuring that women have access to running events and spaces. Through fostering sisterhood and community, NWR strengthens the voices and visibility of Native women runners everywhere. https://www.nativewomenrun.org/nwr daily 0.75 2025-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1924d66eeb973ee1afc803/1f919e73-98eb-4a36-be13-9f8a7bb81516/F65C9077-A732-4D54-A5EA-368AE466D395.jpeg Native Women Running - Native women are resilient and strong! And we heal and grow by sharing our stories of triumph with each other. NWR has become a place of community, inspiration, motivation, and visibility. “I started Native Women Running (NWR) out of frustration. One day, I was scrolling through Instagram and noticed a lack of Native women runners. When I realized many runners don't look like me, I decided to start NWR. My desire is for representation of native women runners in the running world. My hope is for native women to find belonging here. I hope NWR can be a place of positivity and encouragement for fellow sisters.” —Verna Volker, founder of NWR https://www.nativewomenrun.org/bio daily 0.75 2026-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1924d66eeb973ee1afc803/f94898e6-94ea-4f21-a2d5-df5834bdd347/_H3A4384.jpg Bio My Story My name is Verna NezBegay Volker and I am from the Navajo Nation. My clans are Tódích'íi'nii (Bitterwater) nishlíi, Hashtl'ishnii (Mud People) bashishchiin, Ta'neeszahnii (Tangle) dashicheii, and Tó' áheedlíinii (Water Flows Together) dashinalí. I grew up in the Dzilnaoodilii area of New Mexico, but currently live in Minnesota with my husband and four children. Due to the growth of Native Women Run, I decided to stop teaching to take on this work full-time, In 2009, I started my running journey to lose weight, but it has turned into a quest to find out who I am internally. This journey has taken me from a newbie runner to a marathoner and recently accomplished my longest distance of 100 miles. My desire is to use my running to inspire others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1924d66eeb973ee1afc803/1615388087988-J2OZQTSXTLLPIDCXFCL1/IMG_5178.jpg Bio Hoka Global Ambassador. https://www.nativewomenrun.org/contact-1 daily 0.75 2025-07-22 https://www.nativewomenrun.org/new-page daily 0.75 2025-01-13 https://www.nativewomenrun.org/donate daily 0.75 2025-07-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1924d66eeb973ee1afc803/6c43df2c-47d7-4f12-a2d9-cba81e275236/IMG_8138.jpeg https://www.nativewomenrun.org/nwr-teams daily 0.75 2025-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1924d66eeb973ee1afc803/d2af63ba-8c5f-4c5f-9549-8e29d2803d9b/IMG_6289.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1924d66eeb973ee1afc803/e69f4e54-d51e-400b-adc9-6a701897a8ec/7D697DBA-AAF1-4418-B265-9B32C6A34377.JPEG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1924d66eeb973ee1afc803/2fe41517-3d18-4e92-b408-bd21ae3f1c0e/IMG_6315-2.JPG https://www.nativewomenrun.org/general-2 daily 0.75 2026-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1924d66eeb973ee1afc803/b6d06aec-a632-4d50-8b01-79676784d012/IMG_7984.JPG NWR Leadership Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1924d66eeb973ee1afc803/25b4f3d8-63c0-430b-9008-4ed132783d19/4DE35F67-86EA-4D1B-8523-E5381C5632ED.jpg NWR Leadership Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1924d66eeb973ee1afc803/7eda2e1c-cf7c-4ccd-99cd-17f10bfb1e0e/IMG_6768.jpeg NWR Leadership Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1924d66eeb973ee1afc803/1df8379a-44e0-4420-9dbf-7907fd0e7134/IMG_3953.jpg NWR Leadership Team https://www.nativewomenrun.org/support-nwr daily 0.75 2025-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1924d66eeb973ee1afc803/5032d661-5e14-403a-96f5-4543c4e9750d/IMG_2713.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1924d66eeb973ee1afc803/6c43df2c-47d7-4f12-a2d9-cba81e275236/IMG_8138.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1924d66eeb973ee1afc803/5044b6e0-8aad-4e76-ac30-9bd00912dcf8/tempImageVIgQ5t.jpg