This thesis proposes to create a place of sanctuary and gathering for Native American individuals and communities - a place for memorial, healing, and prayer concerning loss and/or trauma as well as a hearth for families and communities to gather so they may mourn, celebrate, dance, reunite, and reminisce. Two spaces are proposed and while the functions are intertwined and dependent upon one another, it is incumbent to separate them for sensitivity and respect of the users’ various needs of privacy. The first typology is a healing center for those grieving and struggling so they may find a glimmer of hope and restoration through shared struggles and trauma and receive healing through community and vulnerability. The second is a cultural/community center that will act as a hearth - a place for gathering so that families and communities may express and experience fellowship for life’s various times and seasons. My research investigates the renewal that is birthed from shared sorrow and pain, the willingness to render the heart bare as well as the importance of fellowship for healing and strengthening the cords of family and community.