Digital that belongs to you.

A Native-owned, Native-founded and Native-led studio building websites, trainings, and digital tools for Tribal Nations and Native organizations. Work you own and can run yourselves.

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We build what your Nation actually needs

We start by listening, then build what's useful: nothing bloated, nothing you'll never touch.

  • 01

    Websites

    Clear, fast, mobile-friendly sites your staff can update without a developer: programs, jobs, council notices, enrollment, and more.

    Most common ask
  • 02

    Trainings & learning

    Interactive learning modules and trainings that keep your knowledge and your content in your community's hands.

  • 03

    Apps & tools

    Custom tools for the problems a website can't solve. We're building toward this. Tell us what you need.

    In the works

You own everything we build.

Your domain, your content, your site: yours to keep and run. No locked doors, no being stuck with us. If you ever move on, you take your work with you.

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Straightforward, and on your terms

No jargon, no talking down, no surprises on the invoice.

  1. 01

    We listen first

    Before anything gets designed we ask what your community actually comes looking for, and what the current site fails at.

  2. 02

    We design for your Nation

    Palette, language, and imagery come from your place and your people. Never a recycled template from our last project.

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    We build it fast and simple

    Static, secure, and quick on a weak signal. It works on the phone in somebody's hand at the powwow grounds.

  4. 04

    We hand you the keys

    Your repository, your domain, your accounts. We walk your staff through editing it live, on a call, until it clicks.

  5. 05

    We stay, honestly

    Updates, training, backups, and rollback under a plain retainer. You can end it whenever, and the site keeps running.

A growing body of work

Here's what we can show today. More is on the way.

  • AIPHRCLive

    Training modules the community controls

    A self-contained learning site for the American Indian Public Health Resource Center. Three interactive modules the community keeps full control of.

  • Lower Brule Sioux TribeIn progress

    A Tribal website built around how the offices actually work

    A concept redesign of the Tribe's website, easy for staff to keep current, organized around what members actually come looking for.

  • Your project could be next.

    Websites, trainings, or a tool that doesn't exist yet. Let's talk about what your Nation or organization needs.

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We build digital tools so our communities don't just keep up with technology. We help shape it in ways that reflect who we are, for those who come after us.

Wiyaka Studios

The things people ask us first

Will we own our website?

Yes. You own the domain, the content, and the site itself. You can take it anywhere, and we'll help you move it if you ever want to.

Can our staff update it without a developer?

Yes, that's how we build. Posting a job or a council notice takes a few minutes in a simple editor, with no code and nothing you can break.

How secure is it?

The sites we build are static, which means there is no database and no server-side software to break into or keep patched. That removes the way the overwhelming majority of small-organization sites get compromised.

What does it cost?

It depends on what you need. We'll talk it through and give you a clear, honest number before any work starts.

Who do you work with?

Tribal Nations, Native nonprofits, and Native-serving organizations.

Let's talk about what your Nation needs.

Tell us what you're trying to do. We'll listen, and we'll be honest about whether we're the right fit.

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