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Roster Member One
Vancouver, BCVirtual
Indigenous leadership, governance, and environmental reconciliation
KeynoteBoard briefingAdvisory
Environmental reconciliation · Governance · Public policy
A curated Indigenous booking & engagement platform
Indigenous voices, art, and leadership — booked properly.
Native Speakers connects organizations with Indigenous speakers, artists, performers, facilitators, MCs, moderators, advisors, and cultural practitioners — through a process built around fit, preparation, fair compensation, and respect.
What you can book
- Keynotes
- Performances
- MCs & Hosts
- Facilitators
- Moderators
- Cultural Practitioners
- Artists
- Advisors
- Panelists
- Workshops
Why we exist
The usual way of booking Indigenous voices is broken.
Most organizations want to do this well. The systems around them make it hard. These are the patterns we are built to replace.
The cold ask
A last-minute email asking someone to "share their perspective" for little or no pay, with no context and no preparation.
The same few names
A handful of well-known people asked again and again, while countless others are never found.
The unprepared room
A guest walks into an audience that does not know why they are there, with no brief and no follow-through.
The extractive moment
A talk that checks a box, takes a story, and gives nothing back to the person or community it came from.
A better way
A curated platform built around care, not convenience.
Native Speakers sits between organizations and the Indigenous people they want to learn from, perform with, or be guided by. We do the matching, preparation, and protocol so every engagement starts on solid ground.
Every profile on this site is a clearly-labelled fictional placeholder. No real people, Nations, names, or credentials are represented. Real roster members are added only with their consent.
A Ready Room
Purpose
Fit
Preparation
Compensation
Consent
Production
Follow-up
When these pieces are in place, speakers, artists, hosts, and audiences are all better supported.
What you can book
From mainstage keynotes to ceremony and performance.
The platform spans speaking, facilitation, performance, and cultural and advisory work — so you can find the right kind of presence for the moment you are creating.
The spectrum
One platform, many kinds of presence.
Every engagement type lives somewhere on a spectrum from thought leadership to performance and ceremony. Wherever you land, the care is the same.
01Thought Leadership
02Capacity Building
03Facilitation
04Hosting
05Performance
06Cultural Presentation
07Advisory
08Follow-up Learning
Native Speakers helps hosts find the right format for the moment.
Topics & themes
Conversations organizations are trying to have.
Browse by the subject you are working on, and we will help you find the right people and the right format to do it justice.
The roster
People, not a directory.
These example profiles show how roster members will be presented — what they offer, how they work, and how to begin a respectful conversation.
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Roster Member Two
Victoria, BCVirtual
Facilitator and MC for leadership and clean-energy events
MC / HostFacilitationModeration
Clean energy · Economic reconciliation · Systems change
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Roster Member Three
Kamloops, BCVirtual
Founder and advisor on Indigenous entrepreneurship and procurement
KeynoteWorkshopAdvisory
Indigenous entrepreneurship · Procurement · Economic reconciliation
How it works
Every engagement follows the same careful path.
From first request to follow-through, we stay involved — so hosts are prepared, guests are supported, and the exchange is worth everyone's time.
1
Tell us what you are planning
Share your event, audience, topic, goals, timeline, location, format, and budget.
2
Clarify the right fit
We help identify whether the room needs a speaker, artist, performer, facilitator, MC, cultural presenter, advisor, or a combination.
3
Book with confidence
We support scope, fees, prep expectations, travel, calendar holds, contracts, production needs, and communication.
4
Prepare the room
We help hosts understand how to support the engagement so it lands with care.
5
Carry it forward
With consent, the engagement can lead to reflection, resources, clips, articles, follow-up sessions, or longer relationships.
What guides us
The principles every engagement is held to.
Consent first
No one appears here without their knowledge and agreement. People control how they are represented.
Fair compensation
Indigenous knowledge, art, and time are professional work. Every engagement is properly paid.
Right fit over fame
We match the moment to the person, not the most recognizable name to the biggest stage.
Prepared hosts
We help organizations show up ready, so guests walk into rooms set up for a good exchange.
Relationships, not transactions
A booking is the start of a relationship, not the end of a checklist.
Community benefit
The platform is built so value flows back to people and communities, not around them.
Support that compounds
We support people before, during, and after the room.
Preparation, logistics, protocol, and follow-through are not afterthoughts. They are the work — and they make each engagement better than the last.
Better requests
Better fit
Better fees
Less admin
Clearer production
Stronger delivery
More content, with consent
More opportunities
More support
When Indigenous speakers and artists are supported, rooms are better served.
The bigger picture
A speakers bureau today. Relationship infrastructure tomorrow.
Booking is the beginning. Over time, Native Speakers grows into shared infrastructure connecting organizations, artists, communities, and knowledge in lasting ways.
Native Speakers today
SpeakersArtistsPerformersMCsFacilitatorsModeratorsAdvisorsCultural presenters
Future platform
BusinessesTourismTradesMakersSuppliersServicesClean-economy partnersCommunity providers
Native Speakers begins with rooms, stages, and gatherings, then grows toward broader Indigenous relationship infrastructure.
Bring a real request.
Tell us who is in the room, why an Indigenous voice or artist is being invited, what outcome you want, and what budget exists. We will help you do it well.