Tech Solutions Related To UN SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Guide to Indigenous DC is a walking tour map and mobile application featuring sites of importance to Native peoples across the Nation’s capital. The Guide emphasizes Indigenous peoples’ contributions to Washington, DC, highlights the historical and contemporary federal tribal policy developed in the city, and acknowledges the peoples whose homelands upon which the District of Columbia was built.

ShockTalk seeks to decrease adverse mental health effects in Native American and Alaska Natives by connecting users to Native therapists trained and experienced in cultural humility through a behavioral health and wellbeing app focused on healing unresolved historical and intergenerational trauma.

Native Land Digital strives to create and foster conversations about the history of colonialism, Indigenous ways of knowing, and settler-Indigenous relations, through educational resources such as our map and Territory Acknowledgement Guide.

LandMark is the first online, interactive global platform to provide maps and other critical information on lands that are collectively held and used by Indigenous Peoples and local communities. The global platform is designed to help Indigenous Peoples and communities protect their land rights and secure tenure over their lands.

Our mission is to cultivate a tech ecosystem of Native technologists crafting free and open source technology for Native communities. Our initiatives include networking with aspiring and experienced technologists, social media presence, yearly Natives in Tech conference, and building Native-centric technology that is free and open source empowering Native peoples.

EarthAcre’s mission is to scale alongside indigenous and local community ecosystems across the globe, ensuring that indigenous knowledge, biodiversity protection, and carbon removal are viewed as competitive advantages in an age of climate change and biodiversity collapse.

We are dedicated to supporting underserved populations, with a focus on veterans, including Native American veterans and their families, and creating educational and employment opportunities across the United States through skills training, workforce development, and technology.

Native American Capital (NAC) is Native American-owned consultancy located in the Washington DC Metro Area. NAC serves a wide range of Indian Country clients — tribes, Indian-owned businesses, businesses seeking partnerships with tribes, and investors seeking to capitalize Native American-owned enterprises. NAC specializes in enterprise-level financing strageties.

SONAC: Sisterhood of Native American Coders is a nonprofit that creates access and exposure to the field of computer science (CS) to address the disparities in opportunities to learn for underrepresented Native American girls. The mission of SONAC is to inspire the next generation of young female innovators to pursue careers in STEM by engaging them at an early age.

Ada’s mission is to prepare women and gender expansive adults to be software developers while advocating for inclusive and equitable work environments. We prioritize serving Black, Latine, Indigenous Americans, Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander, LGBTQIA+, and low-income people.