In September 2025, Biomimicry for Social Innovation (BSI), Māori leaders of Te Matakupenga (TM), and the Biomimicry Center (TBC) at Arizona State University (ASU) collaborated to organize the Indigenous Mycelium Gathering in New Mexico. The Indigenous Mycelium Gathering was held at the Ocamora Retreat Center in New Mexico, hosted by Toby Herzlich (BSI), Sara El-Sayed (TBC), Melissa Nelson (ASU, an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians) Marcus Akuhata- Brown and Renee Smith (TM). The gathering brought together 20 Indigenous people from a diverse range of communities and cultural backgrounds, including Māori, Oneida, Anishinaabe, Cree, Métis, Mohawk, Eastern Shoshone, Houma, Dine', Kauai Hawaiian, and Pueblo leaders from Tesuque Pueblo, Santa Clara, Kara::Kichwa from the Andes/Amazon, alongside biomimicry researchers, educators, an practitioners representing Egypt, Colombia, Slovenia, Ireland, and Costa Rica.

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