Indigenomics Institute Launches National Indian Act Economics Campaign

VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Indigenomics Institute is pleased to introduce the National Indian Act Economics Campaign, an invitation for Canadians to engage in discussion, connection, and reflection on how Canada’s economic system has been shaped by, and continues to be impacted by, the Indian Act. April 12 marks 150 years since the Act came into effect.

This Campaign will begin with a national public call to participate in the National Indian Act Economics Survey — inviting contributions that reflect on the experience of the Indian Act across Indigenous Nations, businesses, institutions, investors, and Canadians. The survey will be available on April 30 and is for individuals, organizations, associations, industry associations, business, corporations, Indigenous Nations, Indigenous businesses and governments.

This national Indian Act Economics Campaign brings this economic architecture into focus. It serves to name the experience and perspective of Indian Act economics, advances its measurement, and creates space for a national dialogue on its impacts and implications. It invites a broader understanding of how Indian Act economics continues to shape Indigenous participation in Canada’s economy.

“Canada, it is time to talk about Indian Act economics,” said Carol Anne Hilton, Founder of the Indigenomics Institute and author of The Rise of Indigenous Economic Power: Deconstructing Indian Act Economics. “Canada cannot claim a functioning economy while Indian Act economics remains in place. Indian Act economics is the foundation of the Indigenous socio-economic gap today.”

In response, the Indigenomics Institute has also launched Indigenomics AI, the world’s first Indigenous economic intelligence platform, designed to move beyond Indian Act economics. In centering this Campaign, Indigenomics AI is critical economic infrastructure that brings Indigenous economic growth and strength into focus. It makes Indigenous economic power visible, measurable, and actionable- transforming Indigenous economic data into intelligence that drives economic participation, partnerships, and investment at national and global scale.

“This is economic testimony,” Hilton added. “It creates space to engage with the real economic experience of Indian Act economics. We invite participation in shaping how Indian Act economics is understood across Canada. It is time to have this conversation.”

About the Indigenomics Indian Act Economic Campaign

• National Indian Act Economics Survey to capture the lived economic experience and impacts of the Indian Act.
• A national series of roundtables bringing together Indigenous Nations, industry, financial institutions, and public sector leaders to advance dialogue on Indian Act economics and its real-time economic impacts.
• Interviews to provide opportunities to participate in conversations that elevate Indigenous economic voices and lived experience to inform national understanding and future economic design.
• A national Indigenous economic database that supports economic accountability, policy innovation, and investment-grade understanding of the Indigenous economic environment.
• A narrative shift from “legacy” framing to present-day economic measurement and responsibility.
• An invitation to institutional leadership across government, finance, corporate Canada, and the public sector to participate in the conversation of the rise of the Indigenous economy.

How to get involved – Indigenomics invites Indigenous Nations, Indigenous businesses, organizations and institutions, governments, companies, investors, and Canadians to participate on the survey launch starting April 30th, 2026.

How to participate – Take the survey, participate in a roundtable, sign up for an interview become a research or distribution partner.

About the Indigenomics Institute

Indigenomics is a leading national Indigenous economic, financial, and data company advancing the growth, visibility, and intelligence of the Indigenous economy in Canada. Anchored by the $100 billion Indigenous economic target, Indigenomics drives evidence-based strategy, investment readiness, and Indigenous economic inclusion through data leadership and analytics. The Indigenomics Institute has built a series of leading edge innovations including the Indigenomics AI Economic Intelligence Platform, the National Indigenous Economic Reconciliation Action Planning Hub and launched the Indigenomics LEGO DESIGN Corporate Reconciliation Planning Sessions using the LEGO® Serious Play® methodology. Indigenomics champions modern Indigenous economic design grounded in worldviews, sustainability, and self-determination for shared economic transformation.