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Good Sky Guidance is dedicated helping organizations engage with tribal communities and Indigenous knowledge. We offer a range of services that are custom designed to promote inclusivity, understanding and collaboration.

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At Good Sky Guidance, we guide you along the path of tribal community engagement. Let our services ensure your relationships with tribal communities and the people within them are built upon foundations of respect and reciprocity.

  • We help you create or enhance statements that honor the Indigenous land we inhabit, starting with thorough research and culminating in impactful, collaboratively refined acknowledgments and action plans.

  • Our training programs enhance understanding and appreciation of Indigenous cultures, histories, and contemporary issues. These interactive sessions, available in-person or virtually, foster inclusive environments and equip organizations to engage meaningfully with tribal communities.

  • We offer expert guidance to integrate Indigenous perspectives into your projects. By incorporating traditional insights, we help you achieve culturally inclusive and effective outcomes in various projects, from museum exhibits to environmental training sessions.

  • Our engaging presentations cover topics related to Indigenous knowledge, environmentalism, and culture. Designed to educate and inspire diverse audiences, these sessions foster a deeper appreciation of Indigenous perspectives and include interactive Q&A segments.

  • Our four-phase approach to research ensures that projects conducted in partnership with tribal communities are respectful and reciprocal. We focus on relationship building, developing agreements and protocols, conducting research, and ensuring reciprocity to safeguard against harm and promote mutual respect.

  • Talking circles are an effective way to generate conversation among diverse groups. Good Sky Guidance facilitates talking circles that include ceremony and deep discussion, providing space and time for learning and teaching.

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What we’ve been up to

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CNHM Exhibit

Good Sky Guidance worked with the Cable Natural History Museum to produce an exhibit titled, "Anaamaagon: Under the Snow" that invited visitors to enter a hidden realm where mice play, weasels hunt, and life depends on deep snow. We had the honor of integrating Ojibwe knowledge and teaching methods into this exhibit.

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Red Cliff Language

and Culture Camp Trip

Bazile Minogiizhigaabo Panek hosted representatives from HGA, a national commercial architecture, engineering, and interior design firm, at the Red Cliff Language and Culture Camp for a week of cultural education, hands-on experience, and relationship building.

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Cultural Awareness Training for BOALTC

Good Sky Guidance hosted a Cultural Awareness Training for Wisconsin's Board on Aging & Long Term Care which included discussions on Wisconsin tribes, the importance of elders to tribal communities, and building relationships with tribal communities.

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What our community has to say.

  • “Our network of conservation partners across the state of Wisconsin continue to seek resources and information on best practices with how to go about engaging tribal communities in an authentic and meaningful way. Good Sky Guidance’s presentation helped clear up some specific questions for this audience, as well as identify opportunities for our partners to connect with tribes across their areas of work. Notably, the case studies provided clear examples of what high-quality engagement can look like, and inspired our partners to take action.”

    –Cait Williamson, Director of Conservation, Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin

  • “We invited Bazile to deliver a plenary presentation at the 2024 National Adaptation Forum. His presentation, “Building and Strengthening Relationships with Indigenous Peoples”, was a highlight of the conference and helped to set the stage for a week of learning, open discussion, and collaboration. We initially came to Bazile and Katy with a kernel of an idea and they transformed that loose structure into a thought-provoking, detailed, and interactive plenary that was discussed by our participants throughout the week. We greatly appreciated their ability to merge the macro (e.g., guiding principles) and micro (e.g., how do we shake hands?) to present a cohesive presentation on relationship building with Indigenous communities. We would highly recommend Bazile and Good Sky Guidance for any event or group looking to better understand how to incorporate Indigenous knowledge into climate adaptation practice and build genuine, long-lasting relationships with Native communities.”

    —Lara Hansen, Chief Scientist & Executive Director of EcoAdapt

  • “Bazile is the ultimate resource for any organization, agency or business looking for Tribal engagement. His experience, knowledge and ability to translate ideas to practice is second to none. Bazile has been a consultant and friend to both my last company and my current one, through these engagements across 4 years of work, Bazile has always delivered. The knowledge and engagement practices Good Sky Guidance teaches are a necessity, not a luxury.”

    —Dhruv Patel, Chief Executive Officer of Syncurrent

  • "Bazile was a natural facilitator, and led the training phenomenally. I've attended many trainings in my time, and can hands-down attest that this was one of the absolute best. Our organization needed a space like this, and Bazile was able to offer and share so much knowledge that we will carry with us from now on."

    —Cultural Awareness Training Attendee

  • “We were looking for an experienced consulting firm to lead a thoughtful, custom cultural awareness training for the non-profit program I manage. Good Sky Guidance did an exceptional job. My team appreciated the training content, including Indigenous history and culture, and the space to explore how we can meaningfully engage with tribal communities. We’re looking forward to continuing working with Good Sky Guidance!”

    —Cole Dickerson, Water Rangers Program Coordinator of Socially Responsible Agriculture Project

  • “Bazile Panek presented on Decolonizing Leadership: Redefining Power Structures through a Decolonial Lens. This topic was of great interest to both student leaders and our general campus community. He provided an overview of colonialism, decolonialism, traditional attributes of power, and acts of leadership before sharing a case study from his time as a student leader of the Native American Student Association at Northern Michigan University. In short, Bazile’s presentation was interesting and engaging and provided the audience with practical information that they could use in their organizations.

    —Barb Lundberg, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty of Northland College

  • “Bazile’s thoughtful input brought new perspectives to our work and made the end product much richer than we could have accomplished without his collaboration.”

    —Emily S., Naturalist/Education Director of Cable Natural History Museum

  • Good Sky Guidance's Native Nations Cultural Awareness training was phenomenal. Bazile's presentation strengthened our team's understanding of the history and contemporary context of Native Nations. Throughout the training, Bazile cultivated a space to ask questions, make mistakes, and work toward more awareness, accountability, and relationship-building. We are especially grateful for how Bazile provided guidance on best practices in building trust and relationships with Native Nations in our work as an environmental/agricultural justice organization. His deep knowledge, compassion, humor, and perspective has been invaluable to our organization, and we look forward to continuing to work with him and Good Sky Guidance going forward.

    —Lia Kahan, Impacted Communities Coordinator of Socially Responsible Agriculture Project

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