Washiw Zulshish Goom Than-Nu supports and promotes healthy lifestyles for the Washoe people and their families, instilling respect for the land, the water and the animals who dwell on the land. Their work includes developing Washiw Tahn-Nu Ung-Gal (The Peoples House); a place to gather, speak Washiw, pray, educate, conduct ceremonies, and remember the values that their ancestors held as the original stewards of their lands, which extends from the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada to the top of the Pine Nut Mountains in the east; and from Honey Lake to the north, south to Sonora Pass. Lake Tahoe and the upper reaches of the Truckee, Carson, and Walker Rivers are at the heart of Washiw homelands.