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Colleagues and partners collaborate at a Healthy Country Planning conference in Vancouver, August 2017 — Sharing Ideas Colleagues and partners collaborate at a Healthy Country Planning conference in Vancouver, August 2017 © Michael Pietrocarlo

How We Collaborate

Community Resources

Indigenous Stewardship is at the Heart of Conservation

We stand behind our partners as they reclaim their place as the stewards of Canada’s lands and waters. Our focus is on capacity-building. Explore this collection, which our staff and partners have found useful in supporting communities with leadership building, management training, funding, infrastructure, and more.

Partnerships

Indigenous-Led Conservation During COVID-19

Nature United recognizes that Indigenous-led stewardship of lands and waters is fundamentally linked to the resilience of Indigenous communities in response to COVID-19 now and in the future.

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Nature United staff, consultants and First Nation representatives discuss Healthy Country Planning during a workshop in May 2019 at Whiteshell Provincial Park in Manitoba.

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Healthy Country Planning

Learn more about this Indigenous-led process.

Margo hands out hazel sticks to members of the Misipawistik Cree Nation to share a traditional song from the Yurok tribe.

Success

Living Culture

A case study showing how Healthy Country Planning helped revitalize fire culture in the Yurok, Hoopa and Karuk Tribes.

Starfish in a tidepool near Klemtu, British Columbia, Canada.

Instructional Material

Online Learning Resources

Download a list of online learning resources for children and youth collected by Nature United's youth program coordinator.

A group stands in a ceremonial circle in Łutsël K’é, Northwest Territories to celebrate Establishment Agreements for Thaidene Nëné.

Program Overview

Indigenous-led

Supporting Indigenous-led Conservation: Nature United’s approach to working in partnership with Indigenous peoples

Dene First Nation youth beat drums around a fire during a spiritual gathering after returning from a canoe trip on the Upper Thelon River.

Policies and Procedures

Communications Guidelines

Nature United has developed guidelines to direct and support our communications with and about our work with Indigenous partners.

Łutsël K’e Dene First Nation Chief Marlowe stands with Nature United Executive Director Hadley Archer holding signed agreements that helped establish the Land of the Ancestors

Partnerships

Building Partnerships

Nature United’s Guidance for Building Partnerships with Indigenous Peoples

Boats operated by the Kitasoo Coastal Guardian Watchmen and Spirit Bear Lodge, near Klemtu, BC. Boats are the most common way of getting around this mostly roadless region.

Initiative

Indigenous Rights

Indigenous Rights and Nature United’s Approach to Conservation

Jamie Mason enjoying the ride on the boat returning from a Súa and SEAS internship field trip in the Great Bear Rainforest.

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SEAS Toolkit

A resource for planning your on-the-land Indigenous youth program.

Communities across Canada have Indigenous Guardians programs that are responsible for safeguarding land and water.

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Indigenous Guardians

A comprehensive Toolkit to network, share, grow, and learn.

Colleagues and partners collaborate at a Healthy Country Planning conference in Vancouver in August 2017

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Healthy Country Planning

The HCP process guides project teams to identify effective conservation strategies.