Right Relationship Boulder
Building Relationships with Native Peoples
Our Mission
We are Indigenous and non-Native people working with individuals, local organizations, and governments to support Indigenous Peoples’ connection to land, raise Indigenous voices, and practice right relationships with the Native peoples who lived in the Boulder Valley historically and those who live here today.
Vision Statement
The people of Boulder Valley are committed to building lasting relationships with Indigenous Peoples based on justice and collaboration.
Values Statements
Right relationship means:
* Acknowledging the irreducible and ongoing relationship that Indigenous Peoples have with their land and territory.
* Following the guidance of and supporting Indigenous-led initiatives and being accountable to Indigenous Peoples in our words and actions.
* Listening to and learning from Indigenous Peoples’ Knowledge and Wisdom.
Land Acknowledgement
We are Indigenous and non-Native people working with individuals, local organizations, and governments to support Indigenous Peoples’ connection to land, raise Indigenous voices, and practice right relationships with the Native peoples who lived in the Boulder Valley historically and those who live here today.
Would you like to get Involved?
Guided by our mission, Right Relationship Boulder engages in a wide variety of activities, some of them ongoing and others more circumscribed. Our volunteer work is sectioned into working groups.
Central to RRB's ongoing activities are the efforts of our Working Groups. Each group is focused on a particular area of work whose aim is to foster Right Relationship. The working groups meet regularly to plan activities and then work with the community towards their goals.
Working Groups:
Painting of the Sand Creek Massacre on elk hide by Northern Arapaho artist Eugene J. Ridgely Sr. (Eagle Robe), 1994.
Coordinating Council
- Co-Founders: Paula Palmer and Jerilyn DeCoteau, rightrelantionshipboulder@gmail.com
- Communications: Laurie Rugenstein and Brigid Mark rightrelantionshipboulder@gmail.com
- Land Group: Laurie Rugenstein, rightrelantionshipboulder@gmail.com
- Cultivating Connections Group: Sallie Robinson Ward, rightrelantionshipboulder@gmail.com
- Education and Schools Group: Currently on hiatus, rightrelantionshipboulder@gmail.com
- Public Events Group: Brigid Mark, rightrelantionshipboulder@gmail.com
Voting for the Starburst Awards begins July 1st.
We're excited to announce that Right Relationship Boulder's Cultivating Connections Group has been selected as a 2026 Starburst Award recipient for their sponsorship of the Arapaho Language and Culture Camp, recognizing excellence in the use of Colorado Lottery funds.
Each year, hundreds of Lottery-funded projects across Colorado are eligible for consideration, but only 18 projects are selected to receive a Starburst Award. We’re honored to be recognized among this year’s recipients.
Now, we're asking for your help. From July 1–31, Coloradans can vote for their favorite Starburst Award-winning project to determine the 2026 People’s Choice Winner.
For more than 40 years, Colorado Lottery proceeds have helped create, protect, and enhance parks, trails, open spaces, wildlife habitat, schools, and outdoor recreation opportunities across the state. We’re proud to be part of that legacy and would appreciate your support during voting.
Vote for Right Relationship Boulder once daily from July 1–31 by clicking here! Every vote helps bring statewide recognition to this outstanding project and the community it serves.
As a bonus, everyone who votes will be entered for a chance to win a Colorado Lottery prize pack worth more than $250 in Lottery tickets and swag.
We thank our Fiscal sponsor, Mediators Foundation