The Indigenous Knowledge App
SIKU is a free mobile app and web platform by and for Indigenous Communities and Harvesters
Join 30,000 Users!
Alaska to Greenland, Inuit and First Nations across the North.
Indigenized Tools and Framework for Knowledge Transfer, Land Use and Documenting the Environment
Made for Harvesters
Safety, tools and tracking for hunting trips – Online AND Offline!
Respect
Safe place for hunting stories and knowledge transfer
Privacy
Keep your posts fully private, no one can use your information without your permission
Self-Determination
Use your language and dialect and support Indigenous-led projects
Share Knowledge
Join regional challenges like Ice Watch and Goose Watch to share knowledge and interact with…
Indigenous Environmental Terminology and Classification Systems is our Key Innovation
Indigenous Place Names
Use local knowledge and names for navigation, planning and response
Wildlife and Harvesting
Indigenous names for species cross referenced to indigenous dialects
Ice & Snow
Indigenous Classification for ice and snow to facilitate safety and knowledge transfer
Hazards
Identify dangerous areas and safety maps based on local knowledge
Human Impacts
Document impacts near your community and region
Social Posts
For sharing knowledge and activities
Plants
Indigenous names for species cross referenced to indigenous dialects
SILA – Weather
Indigenous knowledge climate indicators
Research
Tools to facilitate community-led research and monitoring
Geology
Profiles + Indigenous terms for geology, landslides, permafrost
Cutting-Edge Services
SIKU Provides Cutting-Edge Services for Indigenous Land Users for Weather, Safety, Language Preservation and Navigation
Indigenous Lands
SIKU Decolonial Base Map with Indigenous lands and place names
SIKU Ice Map
Custom Floe Edge, Ice Conditions + Roughness product
Weather Services
SILA for SIKU, Weather, Tides, Marine, Windy, SmartICE and MORE
Bathymetry
Community data added to SIKU Marine Base Map + CHS Charts for free
Satellite Imagery
Radar and visual imagery available in near real-time for safety and planning
Knowledge Transfer
Tools for sharing knowledge about safety, situational awareness and Indigenous knowledge
Data sovereignty for the hunters and land users
- My Equipment – Skidoos, Boat, Tools
- My Incentives – Tracking project payments and incentives
- My Expenses – Tracking fuel, parts, repairs
- Data Imports – GPS tracks, Waypoints, Other project data
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My Posts and Trips
Real-time access offline+online and download access
Activites
News Feed for awareness of projects, research and activities on Indigenous lands
Default Privacy Settings
Post visibility, Location visibility
My Activity
Real-time in-app display of subsistence economy
Data Sovereignty
Manage and download
My Dialects/Languages
Inuktitut+English, Syllabics
My Community
Sanikiluaq
My Projects
Qikiqtait
My Organizations
Arctic Eider Society
Help, Support & FAQ’s
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Help
Help files, online and in-app support + free training for projects
Projects
Learn more about running projects on SIKU
Customization
Want to add your languagem lands and place names? Get in Touch
Help make SIKU better!
Have an idea for a feature or collaboration? Reach Out!
Frequently Asked Questions
Coming Soon
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Local Waypoints
Add Indigenous waypoints like Inuksuit, import GPS/InReache Data
Response
Emergency and Environmental Response
Shipping/AIS Data
Track and report local ship traffic impacts
My Incentives
Tracking project payments and incentives
With Support From
Thanks to our funders, sponsors and partners SIKU is free to use and always will be.
All agreements with funders ensure that they never own or have access to any of…
“SIKU just upped their game folks. This is by far the best mapping system u can use. Has updated satellite images, can be used offline. Sign up for this free app and make use of it.”
– TYRONE RADDI, TUKTOYAKTUK