Anishinaabek Guardians
from the 7th Fire
An Indigenous youth-led organization advancing community capacity-building and environmental stewardship through Anishinaabe governance, culture, and language.
Indigenous Environmental Stewardship requires more than technical skills.
For the Anishinaabek, caring for land and water in our territories is a responsibility held through relationship, governance, and readiness.
AG7F supports Indigenous communities by working to restore the relationships within people, communities, and the natural world that long-term stewardship depends on.
Through traditional healing, ceremony, and land-based training, AG7F prepares Indigenous youth and community members to carry long-term responsibilities to land, water, flora, fauna, and future generations.
AG7F’s work is grounded in three foundational areas of practice:
Anishinaabek cultural integration and revitalization
Anishinaabemowin Language Promotion
Education and Indigenous
Youth Leadership
Through our foundations,
AG7F advances two interconnected focus areas:
Climate
& Environmental
Leadership
Indigenous Community Capacity-Building
We recognize that meaningful environmental stewardship and strong communities depend on people who are culturally grounded, supported, and prepared to hold responsibility to land, water, and community.
In practice, this work comes together through land-based, cultural, and community-led initiatives that advance both environmental stewardship and Indigenous wellbeing.
This includes traditional practices, cultural gatherings aligned with the seasons, community consultation, traditional medicine education, and upcoming land-based camps, food security & food sovereignty initiatives, endangered species protection training, and sustainable infrastructure projects.
Together, these approaches support long-term Indigenous land stewardship and healthy communities; made up of individuals who are connected to Anishinaabe governance, culture, and language, and are prepared to carry long-term responsibilities within their territories.
AG7F’s work is carried out alongside Indigenous communities through both ongoing and emerging initiatives. While our work continues to grow, current efforts focus on both in-person and virtual initiatives that respond to local priorities and traditional responsibilities aligned with seasonal cycles, including:
Invasive Species Mapping & Removal
Community-led projects grounded in a two-eyed seeing approach, focussing on relationship building with land, flora, and water.
Community Consultation & Planning
Supporting Indigenous-led engagement, decision-making, and long-term community planning processes using inclusive assets-based methodologies.
Cultural Gatherings & Knowledge Transfer
Ceremony, storytelling, and cultural gatherings & workshops that promote healing while strengthening relationships and Indigenous cultural understanding.
It takes a community.
Our mission is rooted in protecting land, water, and biodiversity, supporting healing & reconciliation in Indigenous communities, and strengthening the revitalization of Anishinaabek culture and language.
With support, AG7F can continue and expand Indigenous youth-led work in upholding responsibility, relationship, and care for future generations.