2016 · Insurance collateral solutions for the Specific Claims process
Nativelands
Building the information, resources and capacity to pursue justice.
This land has a story. The work is making sure it is heard.
Nativelands is the Specific Claims, financing and prosperity company. It helps Nations identify claim opportunities, coordinate research and evidence, assess feasibility, arrange financing, organise professional services, prepare for settlement, and connect settlement outcomes to community priorities.
Justice · Founded 2016
Nativelands
Capacity before compensation
For generations, First Nations have worked to protect agreements intended to endure — treaty obligations, land, resources and community assets.
Where those promises were not fulfilled, Canada’s Specific Claims process provides a route to compensation and resolution.
Hundreds of claims remain under negotiation. Advancing one takes research, legal analysis, evidence, valuation and years of sustained effort.
Many Nations hold a valid opportunity but lack the financing, research capacity or long-term resources to carry it forward.
Nativelands provides insurance collateral solutions so a claim can be advanced without the community carrying the cost up front.
Governance and financial certainty are strengthened at the same time.
From first review to negotiation
- Review
- Feasibility
- Research
- Preparation
- Experts
- Negotiation
Local capacity — the Community Navigator
- Works alongside leadership, Elders, researchers and counsel.
- Coordinates activities, consultations and milestones.
- Preserves community knowledge and keeps membership informed.
Valuable knowledge stays within the community while local capacity grows across the life of the claim.
Nativelands does not replace Chief and Council, legal counsel or community knowledge. It brings the required resources together so leadership can decide from a position of strength.
Specific Claims are about more than compensation. They are about understanding history, fulfilling obligations, and creating opportunities for future generations.
Services
What Nativelands does
Claim opportunity identification
Helping Nations identify Specific Claims opportunities and understand what is available to them.
Research and evidence coordination
Coordinating historical research and the evidence base supporting a claim.
Feasibility assessment
Assessing whether and how a claim can realistically be advanced.
Specific Claims financing
Arranging financing that advances a claim without drawing down community operating funds.
Professional services coordination
Organising the legal, research, technical and advisory services a claim requires.
Settlement preparation
Preparing leadership for the decisions that follow a settlement, from a position of preparation rather than pressure.
Settlement implementation
Connecting settlement outcomes to trusts, infrastructure, capital and economic development priorities.
Research and remediation capability
A dedicated research and remediation function working active files across the country, supported by corporate counsel.
Start the conversation
Tell us what your Nation is working toward, and Nativelands will start there.