Indigenous Stewardship Tier

For the people who have stewarded these places longest.

Custodia is built on stewardship traditions that long predate land trusts. We offer this tier as a small contribution toward keeping the tools accessible to tribal nations, Native-led conservancies, and Indigenous stewardship organizations.

What's included

· Full Custodia at no cost, indefinitely
· Custodia Labs (experimental AI), included
· The Commons (templates + practice circles)
· Field Instrument ingestion
· Annual lightweight re-confirmation, no re-application

Sovereignty mode

· Org data is excluded from cross-org Commons aggregations by default
· AI training signals (Labs feedback) excluded by default
· Federation / public essays opt-out by default
· Full export-as-archive on demand
· No "tier" badge anywhere unless you choose to display one

Eligibility

Self-declared on the application, lightly verified by our team. We reach out within five business days. We may ask follow-up questions, never paperwork burdens.

· Federally or state-recognized tribal government
· Tribal natural resources department
· Tribal college conservation program
· Indigenous-led land conservancy
· Intertribal stewardship collaboration
· Native-led conservation nonprofit
· Other Indigenous-led stewardship organization

Apply

If you're already signed in to Custodia, your application will be linked to your account so we can grant access directly. Otherwise, sign in first.