It was founded in 2011 by former Sandaun Province Governor John Tekwie, although he had previously touted creating a party of the same name as early as 2006.
He described the party as having a "mission to represent and deal with all issues affecting the lives of indigenous people, especially those in the border provinces of PNG".
The party's policies included "ownership and wealth creation for resource owners, creation of an indigenous empowerment financial system, higher and basic education, gender empowerment, indigenous business development [and] village development".
[3] The party won one seat at the 2012 election, with Loujaya Toni winning in Lae Open.
[4] Toni subsequently crossed to the governing People's National Congress, leaving the party unrepresented in parliament.