Indigenous Sovereignty Party

Elevator pitch:

The Indigenous Sovereignty Party stands for the inherent sovereignty of Indigenous Nations and the collective survival of our communities. We don't believe justice can come from systems built on colonialism, extraction, and control. Instead of asking for inclusion, we build our own power through land stewardship, community care, cultural survival, and self-determination.

For the Land. For the People. For the Next Seven Generations.

Mission Statement

The Indigenous Sovereignty Party exists to affirm the inherent sovereignty of Indigenous Nations and to support all peoples living under systems of dispossession, domination, and colonial control. We do not seek inclusion within a broken system, we seek to end dependence on systems that were designed to extract, exploit, and erase. Rooted in Indigenous law, land-based knowledge, and collective responsibility, we work to restore self-determination, protect culture, and build community power beyond colonial governance.

Our movement is grounded in the understanding that justice cannot be achieved through institutions built on theft and violence. We stand in solidarity with all marginalized peoples, not to reform empire, but to outgrow it by strengthening Indigenous governance, reclaiming land and life-ways, and building alternative structures that allow our communities to survive, heal, and thrive on their own terms.

We honor our ancestors by refusing assimilation, we protect the present by building sovereignty in practice, and we commit ourselves to the next seven generations by dismantling systems that make collective survival impossible.

Slogan:

For the Land. For the People. For the Next Seven Generations.

Platform

Our platform is rooted in the reality that colonial systems cannot be transformed into instruments of justice. Instead, we advance Indigenous sovereignty and collective liberation by withdrawing consent from oppressive structures and building community-centered alternatives grounded in accountability, reciprocity, and care.

1. Indigenous Self-Determination & Governance

Assert and defend the inherent sovereignty of Indigenous Nations as pre-existing and independent of federal or state recognition, while acknowledging the complexity of Indigenous identity shaped by colonial intervention.
We recognize blood quantum as a colonial tool designed to erase Indigenous peoples over time, not a reflection of Indigenous belonging. At the same time, we affirm the sovereign right of each Indigenous Nation to determine its own citizenship and membership according to its laws, traditions, and responsibilities to its people.
Sovereignty must not be distorted into a mechanism for exclusion, disenrollment, or displacement driven by profit, resource control, or political gain. The removal of Indigenous people from their Nations for financial benefit undermines collective survival and violates the responsibilities inherent in self-governance.
We also reject the appropriation of Indigenous identity by individuals who falsely claim Indigeneity, pretendians, and who extract cultural, financial, or social capital from communities to which they hold no legitimate relationship. Indigenous identity is not a costume, brand, or commodity, and misrepresentation causes real harm to Indigenous peoples and Nations.
Strengthen Indigenous governance systems rooted in traditional law, consensus, and community accountability.
Restore and enforce treaty rights as binding agreements, while recognizing that treaties themselves exist within a broader history of coercion and violence.
Build cross-community alliances that respect Indigenous leadership and shared resistance to colonial governance.

2. Land Back, Environmental Justice & Indigenous Stewardship

Advance the return of stolen lands and the restoration of Indigenous stewardship over sacred, cultural, and ecological sites.
Reject extractive development models that sacrifice land and people for profit.
Support land-based practices grounded in Indigenous knowledge, sustainability, and long-term ecological responsibility.
Build local and regional food systems, land trusts, and cooperatives that reduce dependence on corporate and state-controlled supply chains.

3. Economic Justice, Reparations & Community Self-Reliance

Promote Indigenous-led cooperative economies, worker-owned enterprises, and mutual aid systems.
Support reparations, land restoration, and resource return for Indigenous Nations and historically oppressed peoples.
Reject economic models that rely on exploitation, wage theft, and environmental destruction.
Build local economic ecosystems that prioritize collective survival over individual accumulation.

4. Cultural Continuity, Education & Story Sovereignty

Support community-controlled education grounded in Indigenous histories, languages, governance systems, and ways of knowing.
Expand Indigenous-led media, storytelling, and cultural institutions outside corporate and state control.
Protect, repatriate, and restore sacred objects, ancestors' remains, and cultural knowledge.
Defend language revitalization as a form of resistance and survival.

5. Health, Healing & Collective Well-Being

Demand access to culturally grounded healthcare, including mental health and trauma-informed care.
Address systemic violence, including Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP), through community-led safety and accountability, not carceral systems.
Advance food sovereignty as a foundation of physical, cultural, and spiritual health.
Support healing practices that recognize historical trauma, colonial harm, and intergenerational resilience.

6. Community Safety, Accountability & Self-Defense

Support Indigenous and community-led safety structures rooted in protection, accountability, and collective responsibility.
Expand tribal jurisdiction and the authority of Indigenous legal systems.
Reject policing and incarceration models that function as tools of social control.
Develop restorative and transformative justice practices that replace punishment with repair, responsibility, and healing.
Affirm the inherent right of Indigenous Nations and communities to self-defense against violence, dispossession, and exploitation, including the right to organize, train, protest, and protect one another when state/federal systems fail or cause harm.

7. Political Engagement, Decolonization & Collective Power

Increase Indigenous representation while rejecting the idea that electoral participation alone can produce justice.
Challenge colonial laws, borders, and policies that criminalize Indigenous existence and resistance.
Build intertribal and cross-community networks capable of collective action beyond state institutions.
Demand accountability while preparing for the reality that colonial systems will not willingly reform themselves.

Closing Statement

The Indigenous Sovereignty Party is not just a political organization, it is a commitment to collective survival in a time of systemic collapse. We do not seek to rescue empire or soften colonial rule. We seek to end our dependence on it and build something different in its place.

Justice is not symbolic, and liberation is not granted by institutions that profit from our suffering. True sovereignty is practiced daily through land stewardship, community care, moral responsibility, and the refusal to participate in systems that demand our silence or compliance.

We struggle not for inclusion, but for freedom.

Not for reform, but for transformation.

Not only for ourselves, but for the generations yet to come.

Structure:

The Seven Steward Responsibilities

1. Indigenous Self-Determination & Governance Steward

Holds responsibility for sovereignty, citizenship principles, treaty issues, and governance alignment.

2. Land Back & Indigenous Stewardship Steward

Holds responsibility for land, environmental protection, food sovereignty, and land-based practices.

3. Economic Justice & Community Self-Reliance Steward

Holds responsibility for cooperative economics, reparations, mutual aid, and community sustainability.

4. Cultural Continuity, Education & Story Steward

Holds responsibility for language, education, media, storytelling, and cultural protection.

5. Health, Healing & Collective Well-Being Steward

Holds responsibility for physical, mental, spiritual, and intergenerational healing work.

6. Community Safety, Accountability & Self-Defense Steward

Holds responsibility for safety structures, restorative justice, protection, and collective defense.

7. Political Engagement, Decolonization & Collective Power Steward

Holds responsibility for political strategy, alliances, resistance to colonial systems, and collective action.

The Indigenous Sovereignty Party is organized through a Stewardship Circle, rather than a hierarchical leadership structure. The Circle operates through consensus, meaning decisions are made collectively, with attention to relationship, responsibility, and long-term impact rather than speed or majority rule. Authority is shared, not centralized. No steward holds permanent power or position. Responsibilities rotate to prevent consolidation of control and to ensure that leadership remains accountable to the collective rather than to individual status or tenure. Accountability is collective and ongoing. All stewards are subject to shared accountability processes grounded in community responsibility, not punishment. If concerns arise, they are addressed through the Circle rather than through top-down enforcement. Representation is intentional. Any external representation of the Party, public statements, partnerships, or engagements, requires the consent of the Stewardship Circle to ensure alignment with shared principles and responsibilities. Care is built into the structure. Stewards may step back from their role without penalty when needed. This recognizes burnout, life obligations, and the reality that sustainable movements require rest, not sacrifice. All decisions are guided by the Seven Generations principle, grounding the work in long-term responsibility to ancestors, present communities, and future generations rather than short-term gain.

Frequently Asked Questions

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To join the Indigenous Sovereignty Party, please send an email to:

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