The Pawanka Fund and Nia Tero, with the guidance from the Council of Spiritual Elders from the
International Union of Indigenous Spiritual Practitioners are the initial conveners of the Wayfinders Circle.

•  The Pawanka Fund is an Indigenous-led grantmaking effort dedicated to supporting Indigenous Peoples
  traditional knowledge, well-being, and self-determined rights.
  
  
• Nia Tero is non-for-profit organization established with the mission of working alongside Indigenous
  People to secure Indigenous guardianship of vital ecosystems. Nia Tero believers that if Indigenous
  Peoples are thriving, the places they manage will also thrive.
  
  
• The International Union of Indigenous Spiritual Practitioners is an open voluntary alliance of Indigenous
  spiritual practitioners, shamans, healers, sacred sites guardians, cultural activists, holders of traditional
  Indigenous knowledge and values, Indigenous organizations and clans committed to working together
  with the common goal of achieving the mission and vision for protection of Mother Earth and
  strengthening of pristine ties human-nature-culture for the survival and wellbeing of generations to
  come.