Nanish Shontie is a non-profit, intertribal, interracial community and healing center guided by a Native American board of directors and council of elders.. It welcomes all people, Native and non-Native, who are drawn together by the common purpose of connecting with the Mother Earth and of seeking wisdom in finding solutions to the ecological crises which confront her. Nanish Shontie is Shoshone for, "asking the Creator for a blessing

Nanish Shontie will provide Native People with an opportunity to document and participate in their wisdom and traditions, utilizing the resources of participating Traditional Elders. It will provide non-Native people the opportunity to visit and function constructively with Native Americans and to learn and share traditional and spiritual practices in a good way.

At Nanish Shontie, Native American traditions and healing arts are respected, lived and passed along to benefit communities in the United States and abroad. We welcome all people; Native and non-Native, who are drawn together by the common purpose, of connecting with the Mother Earth and of seeking wisdom in finding solutions to the ecological crises that confront her.

During the 1970’s and 1980’s carrying on and sharing Native American culture and healing methods was difficult on reservations and almost impossible in cities. A camp was formed by John Rolling Thunder Pope (at that time a major leader among the Western Shoshone.) Rolling Thunder was often gone on speaking tours, so his son, Mala Spotted Eagle, and his wife, Sky, led the camp on a daily basis. At Meta Tantay they gained ten years of experience in creating and running a Native Community. The goal was to create a place where Native culture could be freely practiced and where all cultures could co-exist. The camp was a success for many years, without the use of drugs or alcohol, and a generation of children raised in an earth-based way of life. However, when Rolling Thunder’s wife passed away, he could no longer carry it on, and the people moved away to reservations and cities.