What is Indigenomics NOW?

The Indigenomics NOW global forum is a transformative shift in how we understand and engage with economic systems. It is rooted in natural law, Indigenous wisdom, sustainability, and building multi-generational economic outcomes. It acts as both a call to action and a framework for building Indigenous economic outcomes and , emphasizing relationality and responsibility.

Natural law, in the Indigenous context, reflects the understanding that the land is not a commodity but a relative — a source of life and responsibility. This relationship with the land forms the basis of ethical economic design. Indigenomics centers this principle through the Nuu-chah-nulth original teaching of hishuk’ish tsawalk — everything is one and interconnected. Indigenomics provides a values-based framework built on reciprocity, respect, and responsibility. Rather than seeing the economy as a set of transactions, Indigenous economic worldview serves to define it as a living system, connected to land, language, well-being and cultural continuity. Indigenous knowledge can guide decision-making in ways that produce sustainable, equitable, and shared outcomes.

The principle of sustainability is embodied in the ethic of the seventh generation, which calls for economic decisions that ensure the well-being of generations yet to come. Indigenous economies have always been green, circular, and community-focused. Indigenous economic models are essential responses to the climate and economic crises facing all of humanity. From a multi-generational perspective, wealth is not defined by accumulation but by the strength of relationships, cultural continuity, and the ability to support future generations.

The Indigenomics NOW agenda is more than an Indigenous movement — it is a global economic imperative. It reflects the rising visibility and influence of Indigenous economies around the world and calls for a fundamental redesign of economic systems to include Indigenous values, leadership, and innovation. Advancing this global shift requires dismantling systemic barriers, investing in Indigenous-led enterprises across regions, and recognizing Indigenous jurisdiction and economic sovereignty as essential to building resilient and inclusive economies.

The Indigenomics NOW forum is an invitation to participate in a new economic relationship. It calls for a collective move from narratives of extraction to stories of responsibility, design and generational impact

Highlighting Indigenous economic knowledge systems
A global Indigenous economic design platform for connecting and engaging
Highlighting Indigenous sustainable economic leadership
Uphold Indigenous economic worldview
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Indigenomics NOW is designed to reflect the natural world and serves to advance an economic narrative that is shaped by the natural world.

This inaugural forum will be 24 hours digital content expressed by Indigenous voices across the globe following the sun’s pathway to bring both the light and the dark into focus.

The forum agenda highlights Indigenous voices that serves to cross the experience of linearity of the dominant economic narrative and is instead shaped from the structure and rhythms of the natural world drawing from the planetary systems and cycles including the 13 moons through 13 streams of content and the 4 directions.

Indigenomics NOW will also be translated into 35 languages.

The concept of tsawalk, or “one,” as expressed within the Nuu-chah-nulth Indigenous worldview describes that all living things – human, plant, and animal – form part of an integrated whole brought into harmony through constant negotiation, exchange and mutual respect

“Today, the experience of ‘things fall apart’ has become a global phenomenon particularly with respect to two crises:
1) humanities relationship with humanity
2) humanity’s relationship with the environment

We are in a relationship crisis, a crisis of protocol and of relativity and connectivity stemming from a dominant global economic system – symptoms of own worldview.”

-From Principles of Tsawalk- An Indigenous Approach to Global Crisis by Dr. Richard Atleo PHD, Indigenous elder.