The Indigenous Project Foundation

Healing. Safety. A way forward.

We support MMIW+2S survivors and families, residential school survivors, and intergenerational trauma survivors with the resources, safety tools, and job pathways they need to move forward — built by Indigenous people, for Indigenous people.

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Our Mission

Governed by our own people, for our own people.

The Indigenous Project Foundation (IPF) is a registered Alberta society, governed by a 100% Indigenous board — including an Elder Director and a Youth Director. We believe healing, safety, and economic opportunity are not separate journeys. They happen together. Every program we build reflects that belief.

Flagship Program

Sacred Butterfly

Keep Our People Safe — in honour of MMIW+TS. A covert personal safety application created for Indigenous women, girls, and Two Spirit people, designed by a survivor.

It disguises itself as an ordinary app. It streams evidence and location to a 24/7 response hub staffed entirely by Indigenous personnel. And it will always be free for the people who need it.

12× More likely to be murdered or go missing
— National Inquiry into MMIWG, 2019
Free Always, for every individual user
Sacred Butterfly app interface, reading 'Keep Our People Safe, In Honour of MMIW+TS'
How It Works

A covert tactical interface, built for real situations.

Listen

Silent, encrypted background audio that streams live evidence directly to secure Indigenous-controlled storage.

Safe Check

One-tap discreet message sends a coded "I'm okay" with an encrypted location link to emergency contacts.

Watch Over Me

Active real-time location tracking across cellular and GPS, visible to trusted contacts and the response hub.

Wolf Cry

An active deterrent: a distress siren, strobing light, and an instant live line to dispatch, built to disorient a threat and draw help fast.

If Something Goes Wrong

The Hourglass Escalation Matrix

0 MIN
Automated alert sent to the user
15 MIN
Automated voice call placed to check in
20 MIN
Primary emergency contact is called
30 MIN
Response hub hands off to emergency responders

Sacred Butterfly is backed by a 24/7 response hub, staffed entirely by Indigenous personnel, with real-time access to location, audio, and emergency contacts — coordinating directly with responders in seconds.

Our Programs

Three pillars, one path forward.

Sacred Butterfly

Covert personal safety technology for Indigenous women, girls, and Two Spirit people, built by survivors, backed by a 24/7 Indigenous-operated response hub.

Mental Health & Wellbriety

Connecting residential school survivors, intergenerational trauma survivors, and community members to mental health resources and wellbriety-based recovery, rooted in Indigenous healing practices.

Job Readiness & Employment

Through our partnership with Koda-Cree Ltd.'s Holistic Skilled Labour Program, survivors and community members access trauma-informed training and real employment — 500+ trained, 85% retention.

In Partnership

Building this work alongside trusted partners.

KC
Koda-Cree Ltd.
Holistic Skilled Labour Program
IT
Iskotew Training and Development

"Every person we support has carried something most people never have to. Our job is not to hand out programs, it's to walk alongside our people with the tools, safety, and opportunity to build what comes next, on their own terms."

Stand with us.

Whether you're a survivor looking for support, a community partner, or an organization ready to stand with us, we'd like to hear from you.

Contact Us Support Sacred Butterfly

Massey Whiteknife, Founder & President

massey@theindigenousproject.org

780-236-5632