The cumulative burden placed on First Nations individuals and members of other marginalised communities to educate, advise, represent, and advocate on behalf of their communities, often across multiple organisations and projects simultaneously, and frequently without adequate recognition or remuneration. Cultural load is a direct consequence of structural inequity and the expectation that First Nations peoples are responsible for closing knowledge gaps in non-First Nations institutions. Organisations working with First Nations peoples have a responsibility to actively reduce cultural load by drawing on existing First Nations-led resources, by investing in their own learning rather than relying on individuals to provide it, and by ensuring that any knowledge-sharing is properly resourced and compensated.