Building Communities. Building Futures. Restoring Sovereignty.
Our Universal Values
Dignity
Equity
Compassion
Harmony
What is The Green Buffalo Companies?
The Green Buffalo Companies is a Tribal owned business that exists to return building power to Native Nations through sustainable, regenerative methods. Guided by values of cultural sovereignty and community resilience, we specialize in constructing homes, schools, and infrastructure that honor the land, strengthen communities, and restore balance for future generations.
Our vision is simple yet profound: housing and infrastructure should not just shelter people, they should nurture health, culture, and sovereignty. Every beam, every wall, every classroom we build is rooted in a commitment to community strength and Indigenous futures.
What We're Building
Hempcrete Homes
We design and build high-quality, energy-efficient homes using hempcrete, a regenerative material that is fire, mold-resistant, pest-, and naturally breathable. These homes reduce utility costs, improve health, and last for generations.
Hempcrete Schools
We believe learning and gathering spaces should reflect cultural values and support wellness. Our team constructs schools, wellness centers, and community facilities that combine modern standards with Indigenous design principles.
Ten Paths to Economic Sovereignty
Wealth can be measured in at least ten different ways, defining ten paths to sovereignty
All that is natural in the world. Nature. How much of the natural world is allowed to thrive?
The capacity to connect to everything, to each other, to nature. How spiritual is your community allowed to be?
Physical, emotional, social wellbeing. What is the collective health and wellness of your community?
Shared meaning making of a community. Do people deeply honor and practice their heritage and culture?
Relations–connections with others. Do people get along, trust one another, work and create together.
Information, understanding, wisdom. Do you and your community steward your own collective knowledge.
Capacity to think, reflect, grow, adapt. Are you mentally and emotionally well without depending on others
Our individual experiences, capacity, potential. Can you thrive without depending on people from the outside.
Physical manufactured things. Can you thrive without needing things from outside of your community.
Any resource measured in terms of money. Are you free from compromising your values because of money.
Diagram based on MetaIntegral Framework
What can economic sovereignty look like?
See the visions below for how systems of sovereignty can be applied to your community through placemaking, housing, health, culture
A Network of Services
These are the services provided by a network of companies and partners,
integrated into a cultural vision based on the community's needs
Regenerative Development
Going beyond sustainability
Bio-Based Construction
Grow your own building materials
Workforce Training
Develop jobs and training from within
Self Organization
Systems where roles are known by all and owned by none
Relational Systems Thinking
Indigenous systems thinking
Gentle Action
Indigenous community engagement
Indigenous Peacemaking
Compassionate communication
Ancestral Healing
Resilience from generational trauma and oppression
Behavioral Wellness
Provide behavioral healthcare
Regenerative Leadership
Leading with dignity, compassion, harmony
Storytelling + Media Training
Share stories on your own terms
Meet our team
Danny Desjarlais
Advisor
Tribal Council Member
Advisor
Tribal Council Member
Advisor
Kenny Tolbert
Advisor
Imagine a collective sovereign vision
We are returning and advancing to a culture of self organization, mutual aid, co-creation, crowdsourced placemaking... a collective sovereignty
Understanding Regenerative Sovereignty
Indigenous Sovereignty
Understanding indigenous sovereignty and how it serves as a model for all of us.
Data Sovereignty
Ensuring that a community's stories and knowledge is stewarded by them and no one else.
Cultural Sovereignty
Diné musician, cultural historian Lyla June shares her thoughts on food, culture and life sovereignty.
Who we work with
Green Buffalo Institute is a Native nonprofit developing systems of sovereign housing and workforce development for Native and underserved communities.
Sovereignty Rises is a Native nonprofit supporting new opportunities for cultural, health, and economic sovereignty in Native and underserved communities.
The Sovereign Insurance Association for Native Nations (SIANN) supports sovereign Tribal Nations insurance companies.
Four Directions is a Native agency providing indigenous community building and peacemaking for Native communities.
We will work with any community in North America.
Yes, there is a community forum and we have open videoconference gatherings that you are encouraged to participate in via our contact info here.
We are working with Native and BIPOC communities throughout the US and will be making announcements shortly.
Connect with us via email and we'll schedule a call immediately. We look forward to learning more about your needs!
Cultivating systems of self determination and cultural regeneration
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