Honoring our ancestors and becoming honorable ancestors for future generations.

Discover the wisdom within

Good Sky Guidance is dedicated to advising public institutions on creating impactful but culturally respectful outcomes when engaging with Tribal communities. We offer a range of services that are custom designed to promote inclusivity, understanding and collaboration.

Our Services

At Good Sky Guidance, our services give hand-holding guidance through the use of tailored action and dedicated cultural awareness training to foster meaningful collaboration with Indigenous communities.

  • We help you create or enhance statements that honor the Indigenous land we inhabit, starting with thorough research and culminating in impactful, collaboratively refined acknowledgments and action plans.

  • Our training programs enhance understanding and appreciation of Indigenous cultures, histories, and contemporary issues. These interactive sessions, available in-person or virtually, foster inclusive environments and equip organizations to engage meaningfully with tribal communities.

  • We offer expert guidance to integrate Indigenous perspectives into your projects. By incorporating traditional insights, we help you achieve culturally inclusive and effective outcomes in various projects, from museum exhibits to environmental training sessions.

  • Our engaging presentations cover topics related to Indigenous knowledge, environmentalism, and culture. Designed to educate and inspire diverse audiences, these sessions foster a deeper appreciation of Indigenous perspectives and include interactive Q&A segments.

  • Our four-phase approach to research ensures that projects conducted in partnership with tribal communities are respectful and reciprocal. We focus on relationship building, developing agreements and protocols, conducting research, and ensuring reciprocity to safeguard against harm and promote mutual respect.

What we’ve been up to

CNHM Exhibit

Good Sky Guidance worked with the Cable Natural History Museum to produce an exhibit titled, "Anaamaagon: Under the Snow" that invited visitors to enter a hidden realm where mice play, weasels hunt, and life depends on deep snow. We had the honor of integrating Ojibwe knowledge and teaching methods into this exhibit.

NAF Plenary

Bazile Minogiizhigaabo Panek and Ziigwanikwe Katy Bresette gave the Opening Plenary for the 2024 National Adaptation Forum. Their presentation focused on building and strengthening relationships with Indigenous peoples.

Cultural Awareness Training for BOALTC

Good Sky Guidance hosted a Cultural Awareness Training for Wisconsin's Board on Aging & Long Term Care which included discussions on Wisconsin tribes, the importance of elders to tribal communities, and building relationships with tribal communities.

What our community has to say.

  • “We invited Bazile to deliver a plenary presentation at the 2024 National Adaptation Forum. His presentation, “Building and Strengthening Relationships with Indigenous Peoples”, was a highlight of the conference and helped to set the stage for a week of learning, open discussion, and collaboration. We initially came to Bazile and Katy with a kernel of an idea and they transformed that loose structure into a thought-provoking, detailed, and interactive plenary that was discussed by our participants throughout the week. We greatly appreciated their ability to merge the macro (e.g., guiding principles) and micro (e.g., how do we shake hands?) to present a cohesive presentation on relationship building with Indigenous communities. We would highly recommend Bazile and Good Sky Guidance for any event or group looking to better understand how to incorporate Indigenous knowledge into climate adaptation practice and build genuine, long-lasting relationships with Native communities.”

    —Lara Hansen, Chief Scientist & Executive Director of EcoAdapt

  • “Bazile is the ultimate resource for any organization, agency or business looking for Tribal engagement. His experience, knowledge and ability to translate ideas to practice is second to none. Bazile has been a consultant and friend to both my last company and my current one, through these engagements across 4 years of work, Bazile has always delivered. The knowledge and engagement practices Good Sky Guidance teaches are a necessity, not a luxury.”

    —Dhruv Patel, Chief Executive Officer of Syncurrent

  • "Bazile was a natural facilitator, and led the training phenomenally. I've attended many trainings in my time, and can hands-down attest that this was one of the absolute best. Our organization needed a space like this, and Bazile was able to offer and share so much knowledge that we will carry with us from now on."

    —Cultural Awareness Training Attendee

  • “We were looking for an experienced consulting firm to lead a thoughtful, custom cultural awareness training for the non-profit program I manage. Good Sky Guidance did an exceptional job. My team appreciated the training content, including Indigenous history and culture, and the space to explore how we can meaningfully engage with tribal communities. We’re looking forward to continuing working with Good Sky Guidance!”

    —Cole Dickerson, Water Rangers Program Coordinator of Socially Responsible Agriculture Project

  • “In November 2023 Bazile Panek presented on Decolonizing Leadership: Redefining Power Structures through a Decolonial Lens. This topic was of great interest to both student leaders and our general campus community. He provided an overview of colonialism, decolonialism, traditional attributes of power, and acts of leadership before sharing a case study from his time as a student leader of the Native American Student Association at Northern Michigan University. In short, Bazile’s presentation was interesting and engaging and provided the audience with practical information that they could use in their organizations.

    —Barb Lundberg, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty of Northland College

  • “Bazile’s thoughtful input brought new perspectives to our work and made the end product much richer than we could have accomplished without his collaboration.”

    —Emily S., Naturalist/Education Director of Cable Natural History Museum

  • Good Sky Guidance's Native Nations Cultural Awareness training was phenomenal. Bazile's presentation strengthened our team's understanding of the history and contemporary context of Native Nations. Throughout the training, Bazile cultivated a space to ask questions, make mistakes, and work toward more awareness, accountability, and relationship-building. We are especially grateful for how Bazile provided guidance on best practices in building trust and relationships with Native Nations in our work as an environmental/agricultural justice organization. His deep knowledge, compassion, humor, and perspective has been invaluable to our organization, and we look forward to continuing to work with him and Good Sky Guidance going forward.

    —Lia Kahan, Impacted Communities Coordinator of Socially Responsible Agriculture Project

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