WESPAC Foundation's Friends of Turtle of Island is a grassroots movement to increase awareness of Indigenous peoples' ongoing struggles to protect their human and land rights, environment, sacred sites, dignity, language and traditions. We seek to build relationships, support Native sovereignty, challenge racism, and promote social and environmental healing.

We support the reconnection of ancient Indigenous trade routes and the rekindling of those relations. We recognize the importance of freedom of movement for all First Nations peoples as they struggle to retain their ancestral lands, language, culture and identity. The balance of the ecosystem requires this freedom of movement, not only for people but for all creatures living within it.

We support Indigenous action and lend our help to various communities, including but not limited to the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confederacy) and the Ocheti Shakowi (Seven Council Fires of the Sioux Nation). The term Turtle Island comes from the First Nations’ description of the Western Hemisphere.