Native Speakers

For talent

Your voice. Your art. Your terms.

Native Speakers is an Indigenous-owned platform built so knowledge keepers, leaders, artists, performers, and experts are booked with consent, paid fairly, and supported every step of the way.

Who we work with

A platform for every kind of presence.

Whether you speak, facilitate, host, perform, or advise — there is a place for you here.

Speakers & keynotesFacilitatorsMCs & hostsModeratorsMusiciansDancersStorytellersSpoken word artistsComediansTheatre & performance artistsVisual & live artistsCultural presentersAdvisorsWorkshop leaders

What you get

Built around your protection and your worth.

You stay in control

You decide what you offer, which formats you work in, and which engagements you accept. Nothing is booked without your yes.

Fair, transparent pay

Clear rates and honest terms. Your knowledge, art, and time are professional work — never undercut, never treated as a favour.

Protocol respected

Your cultural protocol, recording preferences, and boundaries travel with every request. We brief hosts before you ever say yes.

Less admin, more impact

We handle inquiries, logistics, technical needs, and the back-and-forth so you can focus on the room and the work.

Reach the right rooms

We connect you with organizations that are genuinely ready to listen, host well, and act — not just check a box.

Indigenous-owned

This platform is built and led by Indigenous founders. The value you create stays in community.

A different model

A different way to be booked.

Too often, Indigenous voices and artists are an afterthought, underpaid, and asked to share without protection. We are changing the model.

Old model — extraction

  • Can you recommend someone?
  • Can you do this for cheap?
  • Can you tell your story?
  • Can you represent everyone?
  • Can you handle the admin yourself?

New model — infrastructure

  • Clear intake
  • Proper matching
  • Fair compensation
  • Defined scope
  • Admin support
  • Consent-based content
  • Repeatable opportunity

Support that travels with you

You are supported before, during, and after the room.

Preparation, logistics, protocol briefings, technical needs, and follow-through are handled — so you can do your best work and be looked after while you do it.

Better requests
Better fit
Better fees
Less admin
Clearer production
Stronger delivery
More content, with consent
More opportunities
More support

When Indigenous speakers and artists are supported, rooms are better served.

Where we are headed

The platform is the first step in something larger.

A booking and engagement platform today, growing into shared Indigenous infrastructure. Early members help shape what comes next.

  1. Phase 1

    Now

    Native Speakers Bureau

    Speaking, keynotes, and the first curated roster.

  2. Phase 2

    Facilitators, MCs, moderators, advisors

    A fuller range of room-holding and advisory roles.

  3. Phase 3

    Indigenous business and services directory

    Discovery for Indigenous-owned businesses and services.

  4. Phase 4

    Tourism, trades, artists, makers, procurement

    Broader marketplace for Indigenous opportunity.

  5. Phase 5

    AI concierge and relationship graph

    Intelligent, consent-based discovery across the platform.

Apply to join the roster

Ready to join the roster?

Tell us about yourself and the rooms you want to reach. We will reach out to learn how you would like to work, and on what terms.

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