Our Mission is to build practical long-term solutions with Indigenous Peoples to directly address ecological degradation and create sustainable livelihood opportunities that are aligned with their social and cultural priorities.

Mother standing with daughter teaching her cultural burning, ecosystems management, environmental stewardship, wildfire management and fire stewardship. Standing in burning field with smoke.

Our Mandate

  • To work closely with communities to find solutions to livelihood and sustainability issues

  • To increase the public’s awareness and appreciation of Indigenous cultures and traditional knowledge systems

  • To educate the public on historical and contemporary issues facing Indigenous Peoples and potential solutions by providing seminars, lectures, workshops and courses on relevant topics

  • To educate the public by conducting or commissioning publicly disseminated research on Indigenous knowledge systems and economic and governance approaches to alleviate poverty and resolve conservation problems.

Our Values

  • Indigenous-led Solutions

    supporting community priorities and vision for stewardship

  • A Whole Community Approach

    supporting youth and elders in stewardship

  • Stewardship

    catalyzing Indigenous knowledge and practice to care for landscapes

  • Reciprocity

    giving back to ecosystems

  • Sharing Knowledge

    documenting and sharing our work to inspire others