Indigenous Partners

Indigenous-led restoration on Indigenous lands.

Nekote LP (nay-go-tay)

The Indigenous-led entity that originated the Devil’s Lake Kistike’win Reforestation Project after the 2021 wildfire. Nekote LP holds the directional leadership of the partnership and brought together the funding, the planting partners, and the seven First Nations whose territories the project sits within.

About the project

The Devil’s Lake Kistike’win partnership.

These seven First Nations contribute planting crews, seed collection, and long-term stewardship to the project. 2026 marks the first season with a full Cree planting crew at camp.

  • Misipawistik
  • Sapotawayek
  • Opaskwayek
  • Wuskwi Sipihk
  • Chemawawin (chee-ma-wa-win)
  • Puketawagan
  • Mosakahiken

Shoal Lake Cree Nation

Leading the Bell Fire Restoration project in the Pasquia Hills area of Saskatchewan — a separate BGPP-supported project responding to the 2021 wildfire that affected Shoal Lake Cree Nation traditional territories.

About the project Shoal lake cree nation

The trees are the outcome. The partnership is the work.

The partnership shapes the work at every level, with partner Nations involved long before the trees go in the ground and long after planting is complete.

  • Project planning is shaped with the communities whose territories the work takes place within.
  • Planting crews from the partner Nations plant the trees each spring.
  • Seed collection is led by partner Nations, including Chemawawin First Nation, with seeds sent to Woodmere Nursery in Telkwa, BC before returning as seedlings the following year.
  • Long-term stewardship remains with the communities after the planting seasons end.

Blue Green Planet Project’s office is located on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Gitdumdem Clan of the Wit’suwit’en Nation. We thank these First Peoples who continue to live on these lands and care for them, and whose relationship to these lands existed long before the founding of Canada or British Columbia.

Two ways to be part of the 2026 restoration season.

Three million trees going in the ground this summer.
At $1 per tree, every contribution shows up in the count.

Three million trees going in the ground this summer. At $1 per tree, every contribution shows up in the count.

Corporate Sponsorships fund-a-Tree
Indigenous-led conservation and First Nations forestry

Indigenous reforestation FAQs

It is conservation and restoration work directed by Indigenous Nations on their own territories. The Nations shape the plans, do the work on the ground and keep stewardship of the land afterward. At Devil’s Lake Kistike’win, Nekote LP, an Indigenous-led entity, holds the directional leadership of the partnership.

Nekote LP originated the project after the 2021 wildfire and brought together the funding, the planting partners and the seven First Nations whose territories the project sits within: Misipawistik, Sapotawayek, Opaskwayek, Wuskwi Sipihk, Chemawawin, Puketawagan and Mosakahiken.

Partner Nations are involved at every stage. BGPP hires an Indigenous planting crew, and 2026 is the first season with a full Cree crew at camp. Seed collection is led by partner Nations, including Chemawawin First Nation, and long-term stewardship stays with the communities after planting ends.

It puts decisions about the land with the communities whose territories it is. Planning is shaped with those communities from the start, and they continue caring for the forest long after the planting seasons are over.

Yes. Shoal Lake Cree Nation leads the Bell Fire Restoration project in the Pasquia Hills area of Saskatchewan, a separate BGPP-supported project responding to the 2021 wildfire that affected the Nation’s traditional territories.

You can fund trees at Devil’s Lake Kistike’win for $1 each, or bring your business on board through a corporate sponsorship.