[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”hero” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ background_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0.6)” background_image=”https:\/\/aclt-acoc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Advocacy01.jpg” background_blend=”multiply” min_height=”450px” custom_padding=”24px||24px||false|false” custom_css_main_element=”position:relative” custom_css_after=”\/*||content: ‘Cr\u00e9dit photo : Emilie Forget’;||position: absolute;||bottom:0;||left: 50%;||border-radius: 16px 16px 0 0;||transform: translatex(-50%);||background-color:#ffffff;||width:95%;||text-align: right;||font-size: 11px;||padding: 2px 16px;||color: rgba(16,116,187,.7);||line-height: 1em;*\/” locked=”off” collapsed=”on” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ positioning=”absolute” position_origin_a=”center_center” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”|700|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_text_color=”#FFFFFF” header_font_size=”60px” position_origin_a=”center_center” width=”100%” custom_margin=”||16px||false|false” header_font_size_tablet=”50px” header_font_size_phone=”28px” header_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#FFFFFF” text_font_size=”23px” text_line_height=”1.3em” header_font=”|700|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_text_color=”#FFFFFF” header_font_size=”60px” header_line_height=”1.15em” header_6_font=”|600|||||||” header_6_font_size=”24px” position_origin_a=”center_center” background_layout=”dark” width=”100%” custom_margin=”||16px||false|false” text_font_size_tablet=”20px” text_font_size_phone=”18px” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” header_font_size_tablet=”50px” header_font_size_phone=”28px” header_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n
Resources, history, and connections for the growing ILT network<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row disabled_on=”off|off|off” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_enable_color=”off” use_background_color_gradient=”on” background_color_gradient_direction=”90deg” background_color_gradient_stops=”rgba(255,255,255,0) 0%|rgba(255,255,255,0) 50%|#ffffff 71%|#ffffff 100%” positioning=”absolute” position_origin_a=”bottom_left” width=”98%” max_width=”6000px” custom_padding=”4px|8px|4px|8px|false|false” border_radii=”off||20px||” border_color_all=”#EDF000″ collapsed=”on” global_colors_info=”{%22gcid-primary-color%22:%91%22background_color%22%93}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”rgba(16,116,187,0.7)” text_font_size=”11px” text_line_height=”1.2em” background_enable_color=”off” position_origin_a=”bottom_right” text_orientation=”right” width=”100%” custom_padding=”|24px|||false|false” custom_css_before=”font-family: ‘ETMODULES’;||content: ‘%92e075’;||position: absolute;||right: 8px;” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n Photos taken at the Summit – Indigenous sharing circle<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”related links” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” locked=”off” collapsed=”on” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”16px||0px||false|false” custom_css_free_form=”selector .et_pb_column .et_pb_button_module_wrapper{display:inline-block; margin-right:1rem;}” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_button button_url=”\/our-publications\/” button_text=”Our Publications” button_alignment=”left” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” custom_button=”on” button_text_size=”16px” button_use_icon=”off” custom_margin_tablet=”” custom_margin_phone=”||8px||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding_tablet=”” custom_padding_phone=”|8px||8px|false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” button_text_size_tablet=”14px” button_text_size_phone=”12px” button_text_size_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_button][et_pb_button button_url=”\/indigenous-engagement-resources” button_text=”Indigenous Relations & Land Trusts” button_alignment=”left” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” custom_button=”on” button_text_size=”16px” button_use_icon=”off” custom_margin_tablet=”” custom_margin_phone=”||12px||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding_tablet=”” custom_padding_phone=”|8px||8px|false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” button_text_size_tablet=”14px” button_text_size_phone=”12px” button_text_size_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”meet the act” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” collapsed=”on” global_colors_info=”{}” locked=”off” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” header_2_font=”|700|||||||” header_2_text_align=”left” header_2_text_color=”#1074bb” header_2_font_size=”32px” header_2_font_size_tablet=”28px” header_2_font_size_phone=”22px” header_2_font_size_last_edited=”on|desktop” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n To reclaim land-based relationships, some Indigenous communities have decided to explore the land trust model and form an <\/span>Indigenous-led land trust (ILT)<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n An ILT is an <\/span>organization where the form, purposes, and activities are established and operated by Indigenous people, including holding and caring for lands<\/span><\/strong>. ILTs may be somewhat like other land trusts, but are tailored to the priorities and concepts of that Indigenous Nation or community. Goals might include ecological conservation, cultural revitalization and learning, sacred spaces and ceremony, healing, growing food or housing capacity, and exercising self-governance.<\/span><\/p>\n An ILT can be formed by a particular Nation or community, or can come from one or more Indigenous sectors or communities acting at a grassroots level. While an ILT is often a not-for-profit corporation and a registered charity, similar functions may be achieved through alternative or more Indigenous-oriented structures.<\/span><\/p>\n The resources below have been produced by Alliance of Canadian Land Trusts (ACLT), our partners, and others. They are presented here to assist ILTs, Indigenous communities, and similar organizations as they explore land holding, Land Back, and the reassertion of relationships, self-governance, and cultural practices on the land.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” header_2_font=”|700|||||||” header_2_text_align=”left” header_2_text_color=”#1074bb” header_2_font_size=”32px” header_2_font_size_tablet=”28px” header_2_font_size_phone=”22px” header_2_font_size_last_edited=”on|desktop” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n Resources below include studies and materials on Indigenous partnerships and ILTs in the first section, general land trust tools applicable to ILTs in the second, and Indigenous engagement pages from other land trust alliances in the third.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n More resources will be added soon, including notes on applying Indigenous elements in conservation easement agreements, decolonizing not-for-profit bylaws and governance, and other technical documents.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Indigenous Land TrustsResources, history, and connections for the growing ILT networkPhotos taken at the Summit – Indigenous sharing circleIndigenous Land Trusts and Similar EntitiesTo reclaim land-based relationships, some Indigenous communities have decided to explore the land trust model and form an Indigenous-led land trust (ILT). An ILT is an organization where the form, purposes, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":108,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-45342","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nIndigenous Land Trusts and Similar Entities<\/span><\/h2>\n
Explore further<\/span><\/h2>\n
Research and Reflections on Indigenous Partnerships and ILTs<\/b><\/h3>\n
\n
Practical Resources for Building an ILT<\/b><\/h3>\n
\n
<\/span><\/li>\nMore on Indigenous Engagement from Land Trust Alliances<\/b><\/h3>\n
\n
<\/span><\/li>\n
<\/span><\/li>\n