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Find tribal and Indian health facilities. Free.

WayFinder is the public locator for IHS facilities, tribal clinics, and urban Indian health programs across the United States. Search by zip code, tribe, or service type. No account required.

WayFinder showing the California IHS Area with the map of tribal and Indian health facilities and a results panel listing Sherman Indian Health Center and Indian Health Center of Santa Clara Valley
Why it exists

Tribal members should not have to pay to find their own clinics.

The information WayFinder surfaces is already public. It is scattered across IHS regional websites, tribal health department pages, urban Indian organization listings, and state Medicaid directories. Getting a complete picture of the options in a given service area has historically meant reading through dozens of pages in ten different formats.

WayFinder consolidates those sources into one searchable map and directory. It is free because the data is public and because tribal members should not have to pay for navigation to their own health system.

How it works

Three ways to search.

By zip code

Enter a zip and see tribal, IHS, and urban Indian facilities in a radius. Filter by service type.

By tribe

Select a federally recognized tribe and see facilities that serve that tribe, including cross-tribe urban Indian centers.

By service type

Medical, dental, behavioral health, pharmacy, specialty, public health. Combinable with location filters.

Coverage

IHS, tribal, and urban Indian facilities. All three.

WayFinder covers IHS direct-service facilities, tribally-operated clinics including 638 contracted and compacted programs, and urban Indian health programs under Title V of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act. Facility records include contact information, service lines, hours where available, and links to each program's own website.

Use cases

Who uses WayFinder, and for what.

Tribal members and families

"I am new to this area, where is the closest tribal clinic that serves my Tribe?" WayFinder is the answer.

Care coordinators and case managers

Discharge planning, specialty referral hand-offs, post-incarceration re-entry. Facility directories for workers who route tribal patients every day.

Emergency and disaster response

When a facility closes, when a region is evacuated, when a disaster displaces a tribal population. Fast lookup of nearest alternatives.

Journalists, researchers, advocates

Verifying that a facility exists, checking service lines, compiling coverage maps for stories and reports.

Pricing

Free. No login. No paywall. Ever.

WayFinder is free, open to everyone, and will remain free. Revenue from IHA's paid products (Market Intelligence, Marketplace) subsidizes the WayFinder infrastructure. Tribes and advocates do not have to pay to find their own clinics.

Launch

Launched April 10, 2026.

WayFinder is a live public service. If you notice a missing or inaccurate facility listing, email info@indigenous.health and we will update it.

Ready to search?

Open WayFinder and start with your zip code, your tribe, or the service you need.

Open WayFinder

Spot a data issue?

Email info@indigenous.health with the facility name and what needs correcting. We'll update it.

Email info@indigenous.health