About the Summit

Indigenous communities are among the least connected and have some of the lowest connectivity rates on Turtle Island. For seven years, a growing movement of connectivity champions has worked though the Indigenous Connectivity Summit (ICS) to change that.

Hosted by the Indigenous Connectivity Institute, the community-led ICS has grown to be the primary convening for Indigenous leadership and allies working across the United States and Canada to build a digital future on their terms.

Summit attendees join lightning talks and panel discussions about the broadband challenges facing our communities, and hear directly from people doing game-changing work to advance digital equity.

Indigenous woman sitting at a round table speaks into a microphone to address a group of people at the Indigenous Connectivity Summit 2022.

Attend the 2024 Summit

June 4-6, 2024 | Membertou First Nation, Mi’kma’ki (Nova Scotia) | Registration Now Open!

Join us in Membertou First Nation this June for the 8th Annual ICS — Turtle Island’s premier community-led forum focused on building Indigenous digital futures, on Indigenous terms.

Past Indigenous Connectivity Summits

Explore the legacy of the Indigenous Connectivity Summit.

A lake surrounded by trees in the middle of a forest on cape breton island, nova scotia.

NEW! 2024 | Membertou, Nova Scotia

2023 | Anchorage, Alaska

A young Indigenous man sitting at a round table grins approvingly at the Indigenous Connectivity Summit 2022.

2022 | Winnipeg, Manitoba

2021 | Virtual

2020 | Virtual

2019 | Hilo, Hawai’i

2018 | Inuvik, Northwest Territories

2017 | Santa Fe, New Mexico