Indigenous Communities
Solving for Indigenous communities in the US and Canada
Solve continues to hear from Indigenous leaders about the essential role culture and traditional knowledge systems must play in any business, nonprofit, or social enterprise designed by and for their communities. Moreover, there is an ever-increasing call from Indigenous peoples to generate, modify, and control their own technologies for the sake of their communities. Whether working with data banks, financial institutions, agriculture, or energy, the time is past due for local control of the services and technologies serving Indigenous peoples.
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The 2025 Indigenous Communities Fellowship
Indigenous innovation is as diverse and expansive as Indigenous communities, with entrepreneurs harnessing traditional knowledge systems, values, and teachings to reimagine what is possible in their communities and beyond. The Tohono O’odham Nation, a sovereign tribe within the landmass of Connecticut, has recently deployed affordable wireless internet service for all its citizens. In Canada, the Sanyakola Foundation is working directly with First Nations and Métis elders to develop language revitalization technologies for dying or presumed extinct Indigenous languages. Indigenous innovators across the US and Canada are committed to creating bright and prosperous futures for all.
The Indigenous Communities Fellowship seeks solutions that allow Indigenous innovators in the US and Canada to build upon traditional knowledge and technology to meet the social, environmental, and economic goals of their communities.
Browse past indigenous communities challenges
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Meet the Indigenous communities innovators
Our Indigenous communities fellows represent 30 unique Indigenous nations across the US and Canada.
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