Website design for First Nations & Indigenous communities
Website design for First Nations and Indigenous communities
Mentee designs and builds community-led websites and portals with First Nations and Indigenous organizations. We start by listening, build sites your own staff can run, and hand over work that is accessible, secure, and shaped by local priorities.
A good community website carries far more than a homepage. It holds your programs and departments, job postings, member resources, and often a private portal for members or staff. It needs to work on older phones and slower connections, respect how your community wants its images and story used, and stay easy for your own people to update long after launch.
That is the work we do. We have delivered real platforms with named First Nations and Indigenous clients, from full member portals to resource directories, and we build each one to belong to the community, not to us.
Built with the community, not just for it
Every project begins with listening. The work is guided by local priorities, lived knowledge, and the long-term goals your community already holds, and you approve the images, story, and framing before anything goes live.
Yours to run after we leave
We hand the site over and train your staff to manage it. A website you cannot edit without calling a developer is not really yours. Capacity and continuity are the point, not an afterthought.
Accessible, secure, and findable
We pay attention to the parts people do not see: accessibility, security, and SEO, so the site is safe, easy to find, and ready to grow when your programs do.
Years of real delivered work
We work in partnership with the communities we serve, supporting the people who should be leading. Our case is the quality of real delivered projects with named First Nations and Indigenous clients, and a consent-based, community-led approach.
Frequently asked questions
Still wondering about something specific? We're happy to talk it through.
Get in touchDo you only work with First Nations communities?
No. Our work is rooted in First Nations and Indigenous communities, and it has grown to serve nonprofits, tribal programs, schools, health organizations, and public institutions too. What stays constant is the approach: community-led, consent-based, and built to last after we leave.
How does Mentee work with Indigenous communities?
In partnership. Mentee is a Canadian studio that has spent years building alongside First Nations and Indigenous organizations, supporting the communities who lead the work. Our case is real delivered projects with named clients and a consent-based, community-led approach.
What makes a community website different from a regular business site?
A community website usually has to do more than look good. It carries programs, departments, job postings, member resources, and sometimes a private portal for members or staff. It has to be easy for your own people to update, accessible on older phones and slower connections, and respectful of how the community wants its story and images used. We build for all of that from the start.
Will we be able to run the site ourselves?
Yes. We hand the site over and train your staff to manage it. A website you cannot edit without calling a developer is not really yours. If you would rather we handle updates later, we can, but we always start by making sure you do not have to.
How do we get started?
Reach out and tell us a little about your community and what you are trying to do. The first conversation is about listening, not selling. From there we can talk honestly about scope, timeline, and cost.