The goal of SĀKĀSTĒW STRATEGIES is to provide thoughtful, high-leverage strategic advice to Indigenous communities, organizations, individuals, and their allies in pursuit of their goals of decolonization, reconciliation, and Indigenous resurgence.
SĀKĀSTĒW STRATEGIES’ dedicated and focused practice is based on strong and long-lasting relationships with Indigenous peoples and their allies, including:
- Indigenous governments
- Indigenous organizations and businesses
- Indigenous individuals
- Allies of Indigenous peoples (including environmental and non-governmental organizations)
SĀKĀSTĒW STRATEGIES aims to support clients in three core, interlinked areas:
Protecting what we love, building safety
Identifying core needs, underlying issues, and key priorities, to form a stable base from which to understand and plan next steps
Gathering medicine, nourishing new visions
Bringing people and information together to spark creativity and to support imagining new futures
Asserting reconciliation, righting relationships
Supporting outward-facing projects to build healthy and long-lasting relationships, and to displace colonial dynamics
SĀKĀSTĒW STRATEGIES’ diverse practice includes many types of services, including for example:
- Research and writing in support of key strategic decisions
- Hosting planning sessions to develop the fundamentals of strategy
- Drafting and advising on short, medium, and long-term strategic plans
- Speaking
- Conferencing
- Connecting with a wide network of allies