Chief Seattle Club’s Sacred Medicine House is located in Seattle’s Lake City neighborhood. It offers a new way to provide permanent housing and support for local Native and Indigenous people who are homeless. Rolluda Architects, Chief Seattle Club, and the Indigenous design firm Jones & Jones worked together to create this five-story building. The complex combines housing with on-site cultural and healthcare support in a meaningful setting. The building features a large 11,000 sf ground floor for community use, dedicated spaces for support services, and a central outdoor courtyard. Every part of the design honors Indigenous traditions, which people can easily see in the beautiful outside mural painted by Indigenous artist Andrew Morrison.

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This building offers a safe home, but it also fixes a deep, historic disconnect for Indigenous people. Generations of Indigenous relatives have faced displacement from their tribal communities due to forced federal relocation programs and systemic disconnection from family. In response, the Sacred Medicine House is intentionally built to serve as a sanctuary for prayer, gathering, and collective healing. By weaving cultural identity into the fabric of daily residential life, the facility transcends standard housing to foster a lasting sense of belonging, restoration, and kinship.