Websites
Websites built around the people who use them.
We plan the structure, user experience, visual system, content, and technology together. The result is a site that makes information easier to find and represents your organization well.
Native-owned digital studio
Digital that belongs to you.
Wiyaka Studios is a Native-owned digital studio building websites, learning experiences, and digital tools for Tribal Nations and Native organizations.
We build around how your Nation actually works, then hand it over for your own staff to run.
Selected work
Built around real needs.
A Tribal website should help citizens find services. A learning platform should make knowledge easier to teach, update, and share. A digital tool should solve a real organizational problem. That is where we start.
Learning platform & curriculum
Relentless Feather
A Native-led nonprofit teaching Native youth to code. We built the website, the 27-unit interactive coding curriculum, and the in-browser learning platform, including the teacher and student dashboards that run it.
Website & learning platform
AIPHRC
We built both the Center's website and its interactive learning modules, giving the organization control of its curriculum without per-user licensing or a traditional learning management system.
Education website
Tokahe Institute
A digital home for a Native-led higher education initiative, rooted in the Lakota Emergence Story, designed to communicate its purpose, programs, and vision while giving the organization room to grow.
Tribal government · concept
Government & Alerts
A concept for a Tribal government site built around services, enrollment, and time-sensitive alerts. Organized for citizens first, not the org chart.
Tribal government · concept
Economy & Jobs
A concept for how a Nation presents its economy, from Nation-owned business to jobs and contracting, as sovereignty put to work.
Tribal government · concept
Citizen Services
A concept for a citizen-services portal: programs, documents, and community resources, findable in seconds.
On every screen
Built to be mobile.
Most people will meet your Nation on the phone in their hand, on the bandwidth they have. We build for that first.
What we do
Digital work with a job to do.
We work with Tribal governments, departments, colleges, nonprofits, health organizations, education programs, and Native-led organizations that need more from their digital presence.
Learning & training
Interactive learning, without the licensing.
We design interactive training, onboarding, education, and resource experiences that are clear, accessible, and easy to manage. When a traditional learning management system is unnecessary, we can build a standalone experience your team can publish and update directly, with no per-user fees.
Digital tools
When the answer is bigger than a website.
Some problems need a custom interface, internal tool, searchable resource, dashboard, application, or new digital experience. We help define what needs to be built before deciding how it should be built. Technology follows the problem, not the other way around.
Tribal Control
Technology should strengthen Tribal control.
AI, data systems, cybersecurity, and digital services now reach nearly every part of Tribal operations. That makes decisions about where technology belongs, where it does not, and what should remain under Tribal control more important than ever.
We use these tools where they make the work better. But the decision to use one matters as much as the tool itself, especially for a Tribal organization.
We set clear boundaries around sensitive information, cultural knowledge, and organizational data, and everything we build is yours to keep: your domain, your content, your code, your decisions.
We do not design our business around making it hard to leave. No lock-in, no rented presence, no dependency disguised as support. When a project launches, your team understands what was built and how to run it. If you keep working with us, it is because you want to.
The goal is not dependence on Wiyaka Studios. It is to make the work sustainable inside your organization.
Who we are
Native-owned. Built from inside Indian Country.
Tribal Nations are not corporations, municipalities, or another market segment. They are sovereign Nations with governments, citizens, programs, histories, protocols, responsibilities, and their own ways of making decisions. That changes how digital work should be approached.
Wiyaka Studios was created to bring strong digital strategy, design, and technology work into Indian Country while keeping more knowledge, capability, and investment within Native communities.
We listen before we design. We learn how your Nation or organization works, what people need from the finished product, what your staff can realistically maintain, and what control you want to keep. Then we build around those answers.
Our process
Good digital work starts before anything gets designed.
Clear scope. Direct communication. No surprises.
Stage 01
Discovery & Strategy
We learn how your organization works, who needs to use the finished product, what is getting in their way, and what success should look like.
Questions
Answers before you ask.
Will we own what you build?
Yes. Our work is structured around your organization maintaining control of its digital presence. We will explain any outside platforms or services involved before the project begins so you know exactly what your organization controls.
Can our staff make updates?
Yes. We design the management experience along with the public-facing experience. Routine work such as publishing news, adding jobs, updating programs, or posting notices should not require a developer.
Do you work only with Tribal governments?
No. We work with Tribal Nations and departments, Tribal colleges, Native nonprofits, urban Indian organizations, inter-Tribal organizations, Native-led initiatives, and organizations serving Native communities.
What does a project cost?
Project costs depend on what we are designing and building. Website engagements typically begin at $15,000, while applications, platforms, and custom digital products are scoped based on their functionality, integrations, and technical requirements. We'll define the scope and cost with you before work begins. If your project needs something smaller, we'll tell you.
Have something in mind?
Build something that belongs to you.
Replacing an outdated website? Bringing a program online? Building something that does not exist yet?
Tell us what your organization needs. We'll help determine the right approach and tell you plainly whether Wiyaka is the right fit.