November 4-6, 2025
San Francisco, California, Turtle Island.
A first-of-its-kind, Indigenous-led gathering to galvanize sustainability solutions and create new pathways for evolving the economy and confronting the climate and nature crises.
We need to create solutions for a livable climate, resilient communities, sustainable economies and a thriving planet. Indigenous People know many of these solutions and can be partners in innovating many more.
But as conservation and climate finance options rapidly evolve and billions of dollars are invested in seeking solutions, Indigenous People are seldom engaged.
Why?
Many Indigenous communities are not aware of the full range of finance opportunities that exist and how to access them. Many investors are not connected to Indigenous communities’ ideas and solutions. This means that Indigenous economic and finance ideas and leadership are not engaged in today’s solutions, and are not systematically informing the next generation of new investment models.
How do we change that, so that we can co-create the solutions our Earth critically requires?
NEW!
I am Interchange Podcast – Episode 1
First Nations Economic Compact
Before there were countries—before anyone called this land the United States, or Canada, or Mexico—this was Turtle Island. A continent of nations, overlapping territories, trade routes stretching farther than modern highways, and relationships thousands of years old. Today, that history is being carried forward by contemporary Indigenous leaders at Fort Mason—San Francisco’s skyline in the backdrop, summit banners hanging over a conversation that reaches far beyond the city around it.
This is the First Nations Economic Compact.
Tate Chamberlin is with Chief Redman.
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Keynote Speakers
With Tribal Host the Ramaytush Ohlone
A diverse group of thought leaders came together to inspire actionable change and foster meaningful dialogue. From Indigenous land management pioneers to innovative policy advocates, our speakers brought a wealth of knowledge, cultural insight, and transformative ideas to the global stage. Visionary leaders and experts in their field, speakers were selected for their dedication to advancing Indigenous governance, environmental stewardship, and sustainable economic development.
Gregg Castro
Meda Dewitt
Chris Filardi
Ron Goode
Corrina Gould
Dr. Lyla June Johnston
Keoni Lee
Greg Sarris
Rayanna Seymour
Kahsennenhawe Sky-Deer
Sharaya Souza
Jorge Daniel Taillant
Geneva E. B. Thompson
Tyson Yunkaporta
A unique, first-of-its-kind summit held November 4-6, 2025
Hosted in-person on Turtle Island (North America) and open to participants from around the globe, this 2.5-day summit convened 400 Indigenous and non-Indigenous practitioners, investors, academics, thought-leaders and policymakers in climate, conservation and sustainability.
This wasn’t your typical conference. Not for just watering seeds of ideas through hours of conversation without action. Attendees came together to actively tend to, invest in and harvest solutions with the highest return on investment for our shared planet.
The Economic Futures Summit’s engaging agenda threaded pathways to action that shaped our economic and environmental future together.
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