485BPOS

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 44

and

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 44

SATURNA INVESTMENT TRUST
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

1300 North State Street
Bellingham, Washington 98225-4730
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

Registrant's Telephone Number — (360) 594-9900

Nicholas Kaiser, President
1300 North State Street
Bellingham, Washington 98225-4730
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

It is proposed that this filing will become effective:
[ X ] Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
[ ] on _________ pursuant to paragraph (b)
[ ] 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
[ ] on _________ pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
[ ] 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
[ ] on _________ pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of rule 485

If appropriate, check the following box:
[ ] this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This amendment is being filed solely to submit exhibits containing risk/return summary information in interactive data format that is identical to the risk/return information filed as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 43 filed on March 27, 2014.

Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Trust has duly caused this registration statement to be duly signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of Bellingham, State of Washington, on the 10th day of April, 2014.

SATURNA INVESTMENT TRUST

By /s/ Nicholas F. Kaiser
Nicholas F. Kaiser,
President

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this amendment has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

Signature	Title	Date
/s/ Nicholas F. Kaiser Nicholas F. Kaiser	President; Trustee (Principal Executive Officer)	April 10, 2014
/s/ Christopher R. Fankhauser Christopher R. Fankhauser	Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer)	April 10, 2014
** John E. Love ** Ronald H. Fielding ** Gary A. Goldfogel ** Herbert G. Grubel ** By /s/ Nicholas F. Kaiser Nicholas F. Kaiser, Attorney-in-fact	All other Trustees	April 10, 2014

Exhibits

Exhibits included with this filing:

(1) XBRL Instance Document filed as Exhibit Ex-101.ins.

(2) XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document filed as Exhibit EX-101.sch.

(3) XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase filed as Exhibit EX-101.lab.

(4) XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document filed as Exhibit EX-101.pre.

(5) XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase filed as Exhibit EX-101.def.

(6) XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase filed as Exhibit EX-101.cal.

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Risk/Return:

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Registrant Name

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SATURNA INVESTMENT TRUST

Prospectus Date

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Mar. 27, 2014

Sextant Short-Term Bond Fund

Risk/Return:

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Risk/Return [Heading]

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Sextant Short-Term Bond Fund

Objective [Heading]

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Investment Objective

Objective, Primary [Text Block]

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Capital preservation and

Objective, Secondary [Text Block]

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current income.

Expense [Heading]

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Fees and Expenses

Shareholder Fees Caption [Text]

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Shareowner Fees

Shareholder Fees [Table]

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There are no fees that shareowners pay directly from their investments, such as charges for purchases, redemptions, and exchanges of shares.

Operating Expenses Caption [Text]

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Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your
investment)

Fee Waiver or Reimbursement over Assets, Date of Termination

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March 31, 2015

Portfolio Turnover [Heading]

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Portfolio Turnover

Portfolio Turnover [Text Block]

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The Fund may pay transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 49.99% of the average value of its portfolio.

Portfolio Turnover, Rate

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49.99%

Expense Example [Heading]

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Example

Expense Example Narrative [Text Block]

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This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example assumes you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same. Although actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:

Strategy [Heading]

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Principal Investment Strategies

Strategy Narrative [Text Block]

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The Short-Term Bond Fund invests at least 80% of its assets in short-term bonds. Under normal circumstances, the Fund's dollar-weighted average maturity does not exceed three years. The Short-Term Bond Fund invests at least 65% of assets in bonds rated within the three highest grades (Aaa, Aa or A); and may not invest in a bond rated at time of purchase below the fourth-highest grade (Baa).

Risk [Heading]

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Principal Risks of Investing

Risk Narrative [Text Block]

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The value of Short-Term Bond Fund shares rises and falls as the value of the bonds in which the Fund invests goes up and down. Only consider investing in the Fund if you are willing to accept the risk that you may lose money. Fund share prices, yields, and total returns will change with market fluctuations as well as the fortunes of the countries, industries, and companies in which the Fund invests.

The risks inherent in the Short-Term Bond Fund depend primarily on the terms and quality of the obligations in its portfolio, as well as on bond market conditions. When interest rates rise bond prices fall. When interest rates fall, bond prices go up. Bonds with longer maturities usually are more sensitive to interest rate changes than bonds with shorter maturities, such as those held by the Short-Term Bond Fund. The Fund entails credit risk, which is the possibility that a bond will not be able to pay interest or principal when due. If the credit quality of a bond is perceived to decline, investors will demand a higher yield, which means a lower price on that bond to compensate for the higher level of risk.

Risk Lose Money [Text]

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Only consider investing in the Fund if you are willing to accept the risk that you may lose money.

Bar Chart and Performance Table [Heading]

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Performance

Performance Narrative [Text Block]

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The following bar chart and table provide an indication of the risks of investing in the Short-Term Bond Fund by showing changes in performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund's average annual returns for 1, 5, and 10 years compare to those of a broad-based market index. A fund's past performance (before and after taxes) is not a guarantee of how a fund will perform in the future.

Performance data current to the most recent month-end and quarter-end are available on www.sextantfunds.com.

Performance Information Illustrates Variability of Returns [Text]

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The following bar chart and table provide an indication of the risks of investing in the Short-Term Bond Fund by showing changes in performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund's average annual returns for 1, 5, and 10 years compare to those of a broad-based market index.

Performance Availability Website Address [Text]

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www.sextantfunds.com

Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text]

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A fund's past performance (before and after taxes) is not a guarantee of how a fund will perform in the future.

Bar Chart [Heading]

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Annual Total Return

Bar Chart Closing [Text Block]

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Best Quarter	Q2 2009	2.79%
Worst Quarter	Q2 2004	-1.07%

Performance Table Heading

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Average Annual Total Returns
for periods ended December 31, 2013

Performance Table Uses Highest Federal Rate

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After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates but do not reflect the impact of any state or local taxes.

Performance Table Not Relevant to Tax Deferred

rr_PerformanceTableNotRelevantToTaxDeferred

Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and likely differ from those shown. After-tax illustrations are not relevant to retirement plans, corporations, trusts, or other investors that are taxed at special rates.

Performance Table Explanation after Tax Higher

rr_PerformanceTableExplanationAfterTaxHigher

In loss periods, the average after-tax total return may be higher than average annual total return because of an assumed deduction of losses from other income.

Performance Table Narrative

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After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates but do not reflect the impact of any state or local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and likely differ from those shown. After-tax illustrations are not relevant to retirement plans, corporations, trusts, or other investors that are taxed at special rates. In loss periods, the average after-tax total return may be higher than average annual total return because of an assumed deduction of losses from other income.

Sextant Short-Term Bond Fund | Sextant Short-Term Bond Fund

Risk/Return:

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Management Fees (vary with performance)

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0.50%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets

0.25%

Other Expenses

rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets

0.39%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

rr_ExpensesOverAssets

1.14%

Fee Waiver and Expense Reimbursement

rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets

0.39%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Fee Waiver and Expense Reimbursement

rr_NetExpensesOverAssets

0.75%

^[1]

1 year

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$ 116

3 years

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362

5 years

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628

10 years

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$ 1,386

2004

rr_AnnualReturn2004

0.96%

2005

rr_AnnualReturn2005

1.27%

2006

rr_AnnualReturn2006

3.86%

2007

rr_AnnualReturn2007

5.79%

2008

rr_AnnualReturn2008

1.88%

2009

rr_AnnualReturn2009

6.43%

2010

rr_AnnualReturn2010

3.40%

2011

rr_AnnualReturn2011

1.95%

2012

rr_AnnualReturn2012

0.86%

2013

rr_AnnualReturn2013

0.22%

Highest Quarterly Return, Label

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Best Quarter

Highest Quarterly Return, Date

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Jun. 30, 2009

Highest Quarterly Return

rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturn

2.79%

Lowest Quarterly Return, Label

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Worst Quarter

Lowest Quarterly Return, Date

rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturnDate

Jun. 30, 2004

Lowest Quarterly Return

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(1.07%)

1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

0.22%

5 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

2.55%

10 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10

2.64%

Sextant Short-Term Bond Fund | Return after taxes on distributions | Sextant Short-Term Bond Fund

Risk/Return:

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1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

(0.31%)

5 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

1.81%

10 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10

1.64%

Sextant Short-Term Bond Fund | Return after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares | Sextant Short-Term Bond Fund

Risk/Return:

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1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

(0.31%)

5 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

1.78%

10 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10

1.53%

Sextant Short-Term Bond Fund | Citigroup Government/Corporate 1-3 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)

Risk/Return:

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1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

0.65%

5 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

1.99%

10 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10

2.90%

[1] The adviser has committed through March 31, 2015, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to ensure that the Fund's net operating expenses, excluding brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and extraordinary expenses do not exceed the net operating expense ratio of 0.75%. The committed net operating expense ratio may be changed or terminated only with approval of the Board of Trustees.

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Registrant Name	dei_EntityRegistrantName	SATURNA INVESTMENT TRUST
Prospectus Date	rr_ProspectusDate	Mar. 27, 2014
Sextant Global High Income Fund
Risk/Return:	rr_RiskReturnAbstract
Risk/Return [Heading]	rr_RiskReturnHeading	Sextant Global High Income Fund
Objective [Heading]	rr_ObjectiveHeading	Investment Objective
Objective, Primary [Text Block]	rr_ObjectivePrimaryTextBlock	High income,
Objective, Secondary [Text Block]	rr_ObjectiveSecondaryTextBlock	with a secondary objective of capital preservation.
Expense [Heading]	rr_ExpenseHeading	Fees and Expenses
Shareholder Fees Caption [Text]	rr_ShareholderFeesCaption	Shareowner Fees
Shareholder Fees [Table]	rr_ShareholderFeesTableTextBlock	There are no fees that shareowners pay directly from their investments, such as charges for purchases, redemptions, and exchanges of shares.
Operating Expenses Caption [Text]	rr_OperatingExpensesCaption	Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Fee Waiver or Reimbursement over Assets, Date of Termination	rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssetsDateOfTermination	March 31, 2015
Portfolio Turnover [Heading]	rr_PortfolioTurnoverHeading	Portfolio Turnover
Portfolio Turnover [Text Block]	rr_PortfolioTurnoverTextBlock	The Fund may pay transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 22.79% of the average value of its portfolio.
Portfolio Turnover, Rate	rr_PortfolioTurnoverRate	22.79%
Expense Example [Heading]	rr_ExpenseExampleHeading	Example
Expense Example Narrative [Text Block]	rr_ExpenseExampleNarrativeTextBlock	This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same. Although actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:
Strategy [Heading]	rr_StrategyHeading	Principal Investment Strategies
Strategy Narrative [Text Block]	rr_StrategyNarrativeTextBlock	The Global High Income Fund invests in a globally diversified portfolio of income-producing debt and equity securities. It applies a consistent, value-oriented approach to security selection, basing investment decisions on current income and expected total return, adjusted for risk. It adjusts allocations to individual securities to manage the portfolio's fundamental risks, such as industry, country, currency, inflation, interest rate, liquidity, and credit cycle risks. In addition, the Fund will attempt to capitalize on periodic stress in leveraged credit markets, which may result in more volatile current income in exchange for more attractive long-term, risk-adjusted total return consistent with its investment objective. The Fund normally includes securities from at least three countries outside the US. Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests its assets as follows: No more than 50% in common stocks No more than 50% in securities of US issuers No more than 50% in bonds rated A3 or higher No more than 33% in securities of emerging market issuers No hedges, credit default swaps, or other transactions involving leverage or borrowings
Risk [Heading]	rr_RiskHeading	Principal Risks of Investing
Risk Narrative [Text Block]	rr_RiskNarrativeTextBlock	The value of Global High Income Fund shares rises and falls as the value of the securities in which the Fund invests goes up and down. Only consider investing in the Fund if you are willing to accept the risk that you may lose money. Fund share prices, yields, and total returns will change with market fluctuations as well as the fortunes of the countries, currencies, industries, and companies in which the Fund invests. Investment in the Fund entails the risks of both equity and debt securities, although it seeks to mitigate these risks through a widely diversified portfolio that includes foreign and domestic stocks and bonds. Security prices are subject to market risk, and common stocks in particular may be subject to price declines that are steep, sudden, and/or prolonged. Foreign investing involves risks not normally associated with US securities. These include fluctuations in currency exchange rates, less public information about securities, less governmental market supervision, and lack of uniform financial, social, and political standards. Foreign investing heightens the risk of confiscatory taxation, seizure or nationalization of assets, currency controls, or adverse political or social developments that affect investments. The risks of investing in foreign securities are typically greater in less developed or emerging countries. Bonds have interest rate risk, generally falling in price when rates increase. The longer a bond's maturity, the more sensitive the bond is to interest rate changes. Bonds also entail credit risk, which is the possibility that a bond will not pay interest or principal when due. If a bond's credit quality is perceived to decline, investors will demand a higher yield, which means a lower price. Issuers of high-yield securities are generally not as strong financially as those issuing higher quality securities. These issuers are more likely to encounter financial difficulties and are more vulnerable to changes in the relevant economy that could affect their ability to make interest, principal, and dividend payments as expected. Investments in high-yield securities can be speculative in nature. High-yield bonds may have low or no ratings, and may be considered "junk bonds." The prices of high-yield securities generally fluctuate more than those of higher quality. High-yield securities are generally more illiquid (harder to sell) and harder to value.
Risk Lose Money [Text]	rr_RiskLoseMoney	Only consider investing in the Fund if you are willing to accept the risk that you may lose money.
Bar Chart and Performance Table [Heading]	rr_BarChartAndPerformanceTableHeading	Performance
Performance Narrative [Text Block]	rr_PerformanceNarrativeTextBlock	The Global High Income Fund began operations on March 30, 2012. The following bar chart and table provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing how the Fund's performance compares with that of a broad-based market index. A fund's past performance (before and after taxes) is not a guarantee of how a fund will perform in the future. Performance data current to the most recent month-end and quarter-end are available on www.sextantfunds.com.
Performance Information Illustrates Variability of Returns [Text]	rr_PerformanceInformationIllustratesVariabilityOfReturns	The following bar chart and table provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing how the Fund's performance compares with that of a broad-based market index.
Performance Availability Website Address [Text]	rr_PerformanceAvailabilityWebSiteAddress	www.sextantfunds.com
Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text]	rr_PerformancePastDoesNotIndicateFuture	A fund's past performance (before and after taxes) is not a guarantee of how a fund will perform in the future.
Bar Chart [Heading]	rr_BarChartHeading	Annual Total Return
Performance Table Heading	rr_PerformanceTableHeading	Average Annual Total Returns for periods ended December 31, 2013
Performance Table Uses Highest Federal Rate	rr_PerformanceTableUsesHighestFederalRate	After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates but do not reflect the impact of any state or local taxes.
Performance Table Not Relevant to Tax Deferred	rr_PerformanceTableNotRelevantToTaxDeferred	Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and likely differ from those shown. After-tax illustrations are not relevant to retirement plans, corporations, trusts, or other investors that are taxed at special rates.
Performance Table Explanation after Tax Higher	rr_PerformanceTableExplanationAfterTaxHigher	In loss periods, the average after-tax total return may be higher than average annual total return because of an assumed deduction of losses from other income.
Performance Table Narrative	rr_PerformanceTableNarrativeTextBlock	After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates but do not reflect the impact of any state or local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and likely differ from those shown. After-tax illustrations are not relevant to retirement plans, corporations, trusts, or other investors that are taxed at special rates. In loss periods, the average after-tax total return may be higher than average annual total return because of an assumed deduction of losses from other income.
Sextant Global High Income Fund | Sextant Global High Income Fund
Risk/Return:	rr_RiskReturnAbstract
Management Fees (vary with performance)	rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets	0.51%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees	rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets	0.25%
Other Expenses	rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets	0.49%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses	rr_ExpensesOverAssets	1.25%
Fee Waiver and Expense Reimbursement	rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets	0.35%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Fee Waiver and Expense Reimbursement	rr_NetExpensesOverAssets	0.90%	[1]
1 year	rr_ExpenseExampleYear01	$ 127
3 years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear03	397
5 years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear05	686
10 years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear10	$ 1,511
2012	rr_AnnualReturn2012	2.49%	[2]
2013	rr_AnnualReturn2013	8.61%
1 Year	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01	8.61%
Life of Fund	rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception	6.30%
Inception Date	rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate	Mar. 30, 2012
Sextant Global High Income Fund | Return after taxes on distributions | Sextant Global High Income Fund
Risk/Return:	rr_RiskReturnAbstract
1 Year	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01	7.57%
Life of Fund	rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception	5.44%
Inception Date	rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate	Mar. 30, 2012
Sextant Global High Income Fund | Return after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares | Sextant Global High Income Fund
Risk/Return:	rr_RiskReturnAbstract
1 Year	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01	5.40%
Life of Fund	rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception	4.64%
Inception Date	rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate	Mar. 30, 2012
Sextant Global High Income Fund | S&P Global 1200 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
Risk/Return:	rr_RiskReturnAbstract
1 Year	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01	26.01%
Life of Fund	rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception	17.06%
Inception Date	rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate	Mar. 30, 2012

[1] The adviser has committed through March 31, 2015, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to ensure that the Fund's net operating expenses, excluding brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and extraordinary expenses do not exceed the net operating expense ratio of 0.90%. The committed net operating expense ratio may be changed or terminated only with approval of the Board of Trustees.

[2] For the period 3/30/2012 (the Fund's inception) through 12/31/2012, and not annualized.

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Registrant Name

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SATURNA INVESTMENT TRUST

Prospectus Date

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Mar. 27, 2014

Idaho Tax-Exempt Fund

Risk/Return:

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Risk/Return [Heading]

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Idaho Tax-Exempt Fund

Objective [Heading]

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Investment Objective

Objective, Primary [Text Block]

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Idaho Tax-Exempt Fund seeks to provide income free from federal income, federal alternative minimum and Idaho state income taxes.

Objective, Secondary [Text Block]

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Preservation of capital is a secondary objective.

Expense [Heading]

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Fees and Expenses

Shareholder Fees Caption [Text]

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Shareowner Fees

Shareholder Fees [Table]

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There are no fees that shareowners pay directly from their investments, such as charges for purchases, redemptions, and exchanges of shares.

Operating Expenses Caption [Text]

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Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your
investment)

Portfolio Turnover [Heading]

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Portfolio Turnover

Portfolio Turnover [Text Block]

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The Fund may pay transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 9.37% of the average value of its portfolio.

Portfolio Turnover, Rate

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9.37%

Expense Example [Heading]

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Example

Expense Example Narrative [Text Block]

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This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example assumes you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same. Although actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:

Strategy [Heading]

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Principal Investment Strategies

Strategy Narrative [Text Block]

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Idaho Tax-Exempt Fund invests in debt securities issued by the State of Idaho and its political subdivisions. These municipal bonds, notes, and commercial paper may be in various forms, including general obligation bonds, revenue bonds, mortgage bonds, certificates of participation, local improvement district bonds, and refunding bonds.

The Fund buys investment grade bonds, meaning those rated "Baa" or higher by a national bond rating agency (e.g., Moody's Investor's Services), or, if unrated, of equivalent quality in the opinion of the adviser, considered at the time of purchase. At least 40% of bonds that the Fund buys must be rated "A" or higher or, if unrated, of equivalent quality, on a similar basis. Factors used in bond evaluations include such information as the bond district's financial position, population size, employment trends, economic activity, and diversification. The portfolio's dollar-weighted average effective maturity is expected to range between 6 and 15 years. In accordance with the fundamental investment policies of the Fund, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of assets are invested in debt securities generating income exempt from both federal and Idaho income tax.

Risk [Heading]

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Principal Risks of Investing

Risk Narrative [Text Block]

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The value of Fund shares rises and falls as the value of the bonds in which the Fund invests goes up and down. Only consider investing in the Fund if you are willing to accept the risk that you may lose money. Fund share prices, yields, and total returns will change with fluctuations in the securities markets as well as the fortunes of the industries and municipalities in which the Fund invests.

Idaho Tax-Exempt Fund risks depend primarily on the terms and quality of the obligations in the Fund's portfolio as well as on market conditions. When interest rates rise, bond prices fall. When interest rates fall, bond prices go up. Bonds with longer maturities, such as those held by the Fund, usually are more sensitive to interest rate changes than bonds with shorter maturities.

The Fund entails credit risk, which is the possibility that a bond will not be able to pay interest or principal when due. If the credit quality of a bond is perceived to decline, investors will demand a higher yield, which means a lower price on that bond to compensate for the higher level of risk. If a security held by the Fund defaults on payment of interest or principal, the Fund's income, ability to preserve capital, and liquidity would all be adversely affected.

Fund investments are susceptible to factors adversely affecting Idaho, such as political, economic, and financial trends unique to this state. Industries important to Idaho's economy include services, government, construction, food and agricultural production, and electronics. Investing only in Idaho bonds means that the Fund's investments are more concentrated than other mutual funds, and relatively few bond price changes may lead to underperformance compared to investments selected in greater number and/or from a wider universe.

The Fund is vulnerable to income tax rate changes, either at the Idaho or federal level, since part of municipal securities' value is derived from the recipient's ability to exclude interest payments from taxation.

Risk Lose Money [Text]

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Only consider investing in the Fund if you are willing to accept the risk that you may lose money.

Bar Chart and Performance Table [Heading]

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Performance

Performance Narrative [Text Block]

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The following bar chart and table provide an indication of the risks of investing in the Idaho Tax-Exempt Fund by showing performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund's average annual returns for 1, 5, and 10 years compare to those of a broad-based market index. A fund's past performance (before and after taxes) is not a guarantee of how a fund will perform in the future.

Performance data current to the most recent month-end and quarter-end are available on www.idahotaxexemptfund.com.

Performance Information Illustrates Variability of Returns [Text]

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The following bar chart and table provide an indication of the risks of investing in the Idaho Tax-Exempt Fund by showing performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund's average annual returns for 1, 5, and 10 years compare to those of a broad-based market index.

Performance Availability Website Address [Text]

rr_PerformanceAvailabilityWebSiteAddress

www.idahotaxexemptfund.com

Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text]

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A fund's past performance (before and after taxes) is not a guarantee of how a fund will perform in the future.

Bar Chart [Heading]

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Annual Total Return

Bar Chart Closing [Text Block]

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Best Quarter	Q1 2009	4.79%
Worst Quarter	Q3 2008	-3.97%

Performance Table Heading

rr_PerformanceTableHeading

Average Annual Total Returns
for periods ended December 31, 2013

Performance Table Uses Highest Federal Rate

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After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates but do not reflect the impact of any state or local taxes.

Performance Table Not Relevant to Tax Deferred

rr_PerformanceTableNotRelevantToTaxDeferred

Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and likely differ from those shown. After-tax illustrations are not relevant to retirement plans, corporations, trusts, or other investors that are taxed at special rates.

Performance Table Explanation after Tax Higher

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In loss periods, the average after-tax total return may be higher than average annual total return because of an assumed deduction of losses from other income.

Performance Table Narrative

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After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates but do not reflect the impact of any state or local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and likely differ from those shown. After-tax illustrations are not relevant to retirement plans, corporations, trusts, or other investors that are taxed at special rates. In loss periods, the average after-tax total return may be higher than average annual total return because of an assumed deduction of losses from other income.

Idaho Tax-Exempt Fund | Idaho Tax-Exempt Fund

Risk/Return:

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Management Fee

rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets

0.50%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets

none

Other Expenses

rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

rr_ExpensesOverAssets

0.66%

1 Year

rr_ExpenseExampleYear01

$ 67

3 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear03

211

5 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear05

368

10 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear10

$ 822

2004

rr_AnnualReturn2004

2.44%

2005

rr_AnnualReturn2005

1.61%

2006

rr_AnnualReturn2006

3.87%

2007

rr_AnnualReturn2007

3.81%

2008

rr_AnnualReturn2008

(1.01%)

2009

rr_AnnualReturn2009

10.03%

2010

rr_AnnualReturn2010

1.86%

2011

rr_AnnualReturn2011

7.97%

2012

rr_AnnualReturn2012

3.90%

2013

rr_AnnualReturn2013

(2.03%)

Highest Quarterly Return, Label

rr_HighestQuarterlyReturnLabel

Best Quarter

Highest Quarterly Return, Date

rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturnDate

Mar. 31, 2009

Highest Quarterly Return

rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturn

4.79%

Lowest Quarterly Return, Label

rr_LowestQuarterlyReturnLabel

Worst Quarter

Lowest Quarterly Return, Date

rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturnDate

Sep. 30, 2008

Lowest Quarterly Return

rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturn

(3.97%)

1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

(2.03%)

5 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

4.26%

10 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10

3.19%

Idaho Tax-Exempt Fund | Return after taxes on distributions | Idaho Tax-Exempt Fund

Risk/Return:

rr_RiskReturnAbstract

1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

(2.07%)

5 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

4.24%

10 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10

3.17%

Idaho Tax-Exempt Fund | Return after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares | Idaho Tax-Exempt Fund

Risk/Return:

rr_RiskReturnAbstract

1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

(2.12%)

5 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

4.02%

10 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10

2.74%

Idaho Tax-Exempt Fund | S&P Idaho Municipal Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)

Risk/Return:

rr_RiskReturnAbstract

1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

(1.51%)

5 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

7.49%

10 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10

4.84%

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Label	Element	Value
Risk/Return:	rr_RiskReturnAbstract
Registrant Name	dei_EntityRegistrantName	SATURNA INVESTMENT TRUST
Prospectus Date	rr_ProspectusDate	Mar. 27, 2014
Document Creation Date	dei_DocumentCreationDate	Mar. 27, 2014

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Label

Element

Value

Risk/Return:

rr_RiskReturnAbstract

Registrant Name

dei_EntityRegistrantName

SATURNA INVESTMENT TRUST

Prospectus Date

rr_ProspectusDate

Mar. 27, 2014

Sextant Bond Income Fund

Risk/Return:

rr_RiskReturnAbstract

Risk/Return [Heading]

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Sextant Bond Income Fund

Objective [Heading]

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Investment Objective

Objective, Primary [Text Block]

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Current income.

Expense [Heading]

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Fees and Expenses

Shareholder Fees Caption [Text]

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Shareowner Fees

Shareholder Fees [Table]

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There are no fees that shareowners pay directly from their investments, such as charges for purchases, redemptions, and exchanges of shares.

Operating Expenses Caption [Text]

rr_OperatingExpensesCaption

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your
investment)

Fee Waiver or Reimbursement over Assets, Date of Termination

rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssetsDateOfTermination

March 31, 2015

Portfolio Turnover [Heading]

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Portfolio Turnover

Portfolio Turnover [Text Block]

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The Fund may pay transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 8.00% of the average value of its portfolio.

Portfolio Turnover, Rate

rr_PortfolioTurnoverRate

8.00%

Expense Example [Heading]

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Example

Expense Example Narrative [Text Block]

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This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example assumes you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same. Although actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:

Strategy [Heading]

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Principal Investment Strategies

Strategy Narrative [Text Block]

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The Bond Income Fund invests at least 80% of its assets in bonds. Under normal circumstances, the Fund maintains a dollar-weighted average maturity of ten years or more. The Fund invests at least 65% of assets in bonds rated within the three highest grades (Aaa, Aa or A) and may not invest in a bond rated at time of purchase below the fourth highest grade (Baa).

Risk [Heading]

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Principal Risks of Investing

Risk Narrative [Text Block]

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The value of Bond Income Fund shares rises and falls as the value of the bonds in which the Fund invests goes up and down. Only consider investing in the Fund if you are willing to accept the risk that you may lose money. Fund share prices, yields, and total returns will change with market fluctuations as well as the fortunes of the countries, industries, and companies in which the Fund invests.

The risks inherent in the Bond Income Fund depend primarily on the terms and quality of the obligations in its portfolio, as well as on bond market conditions. When interest rates rise bond prices fall. When interest rates fall, bond prices go up. Bonds with longer maturities, such as those held by the Bond Income Fund, usually are more sensitive to interest rate changes than bonds with shorter maturities. The Fund entails credit risk, which is the possibility that a bond will not be able to pay interest or principal when due. If the credit quality of a bond is perceived to decline, investors will demand a higher yield, which means a lower price on that bond to compensate for the higher level of risk.

Risk Lose Money [Text]

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Only consider investing in the Fund if you are willing to accept the risk that you may lose money.

Bar Chart and Performance Table [Heading]

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Performance

Performance Narrative [Text Block]

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The following bar chart and table provide an indication of the risks of investing in the Bond Income Fund by showing changes in performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund's average annual returns for 1, 5, and 10 years compare to those of a broad-based market index. A fund's past performance (before and after taxes) is not a guarantee of how a fund will perform in the future.

Performance data current to the most recent month-end and quarter-end are available on www.sextantfunds.com.

Performance Information Illustrates Variability of Returns [Text]

rr_PerformanceInformationIllustratesVariabilityOfReturns

The following bar chart and table provide an indication of the risks of investing in the Bond Income Fund by showing changes in performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund's average annual returns for 1, 5, and 10 years compare to those of a broad-based market index.

Performance Availability Website Address [Text]

rr_PerformanceAvailabilityWebSiteAddress

www.sextantfunds.com

Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text]

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A fund's past performance (before and after taxes) is not a guarantee of how a fund will perform in the future.

Bar Chart [Heading]

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Annual Total Return

Bar Chart Closing [Text Block]

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Best Quarter	Q3 2009	5.35%
Worst Quarter	Q2 2013	-4.27%

Performance Table Heading

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Average Annual Total Returns
for periods ended December 31, 2013

Performance Table Uses Highest Federal Rate

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After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates but do not reflect the impact of any state or local taxes.

Performance Table Not Relevant to Tax Deferred

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Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and likely differ from those shown. After-tax illustrations are not relevant to retirement plans, corporations, trusts, or other investors that are taxed at special rates.

Performance Table Explanation after Tax Higher

rr_PerformanceTableExplanationAfterTaxHigher

In loss periods, the average after-tax total return may be higher than average annual total return because of an assumed deduction of losses from other income.

Performance Table Narrative

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After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates but do not reflect the impact of any state or local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and likely differ from those shown. After-tax illustrations are not relevant to retirement plans, corporations, trusts, or other investors that are taxed at special rates. In loss periods, the average after-tax total return may be higher than average annual total return because of an assumed deduction of losses from other income.

Sextant Bond Income Fund | Sextant Bond Income Fund

Risk/Return:

rr_RiskReturnAbstract

Management Fees (vary with performance)

rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets

0.49%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets

0.25%

Other Expenses

rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets

0.38%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

rr_ExpensesOverAssets

1.12%

Fee Waiver and Expense Reimbursement

rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets

0.23%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Fee Waiver and Expense Reimbursement

rr_NetExpensesOverAssets

0.89%

^[1]

1 year

rr_ExpenseExampleYear01

$ 114

3 years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear03

356

5 years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear05

617

10 years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear10

$ 1,363

2004

rr_AnnualReturn2004

4.51%

2005

rr_AnnualReturn2005

1.07%

2006

rr_AnnualReturn2006

3.04%

2007

rr_AnnualReturn2007

5.42%

2008

rr_AnnualReturn2008

(0.77%)

2009

rr_AnnualReturn2009

9.52%

2010

rr_AnnualReturn2010

5.85%

2011

rr_AnnualReturn2011

9.87%

2012

rr_AnnualReturn2012

6.25%

2013

rr_AnnualReturn2013

(4.20%)

Highest Quarterly Return, Label

rr_HighestQuarterlyReturnLabel

Best Quarter

Highest Quarterly Return, Date

rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturnDate

Sep. 30, 2009

Highest Quarterly Return

rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturn

5.35%

Lowest Quarterly Return, Label

rr_LowestQuarterlyReturnLabel

Worst Quarter

Lowest Quarterly Return, Date

rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturnDate

Jun. 30, 2013

Lowest Quarterly Return

rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturn

(4.27%)

1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

(4.20%)

5 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

5.33%

10 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10

3.97%

Sextant Bond Income Fund | Return after taxes on distributions | Sextant Bond Income Fund

Risk/Return:

rr_RiskReturnAbstract

1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

(5.53%)

5 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

3.93%

10 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10

2.46%

Sextant Bond Income Fund | Return after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares | Sextant Bond Income Fund

Risk/Return:

rr_RiskReturnAbstract

1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

(5.55%)

5 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

3.82%

10 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10

2.20%

Sextant Bond Income Fund | Citigroup Broad Investment Grade Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)

Risk/Return:

rr_RiskReturnAbstract

1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

(2.04%)

5 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

4.22%

10 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10

4.66%

[1] The adviser has committed through March 31, 2015, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to ensure that the Fund's net operating expenses, excluding brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and extraordinary expenses do not exceed the net operating expense ratio of 0.90%. The committed net operating expense ratio may be changed or terminated only with approval of the Board of Trustees.

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Sextant International Fund

Sextant International Fund

Investment Objective

Long-term capital growth.

Fees and Expenses

Shareowner Fees

There are no fees that shareowners pay directly from their investments, such as charges for purchases, redemptions, and exchanges of shares.

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your
investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses	Sextant International Fund
Management Fees (vary with performance)	0.28%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees	0.25%
Other Expenses	0.13%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses	0.66%

Example

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example assumes you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same. Although actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:

Expense Example (USD $)	1 year	3 years	5 years	10 years
Sextant International Fund	67	211	368	822

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund may pay transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 6.49% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

The International Fund diversifies its investments among many countries, favoring those with mature markets (such as Europe and Canada). The Fund invests at least 65% of its assets in companies with their headquarters and major assets and earnings outside the US. The Fund diversifies its investments across industries, companies, and countries. The Fund looks for companies with growing revenues and earnings, favoring companies trading for less than the adviser's assessment of intrinsic value, which typically means companies with low price/earning multiples, low price to cash flow, and higher dividend yields. There is no restriction on the size of companies in which the Fund invests, but it favors larger and more established firms.

Principal Risks of Investing

The value of International Fund shares rises and falls as the value of the stocks in which the Fund invests goes up and down. Only consider investing in the Fund if you are willing to accept the risk that you may lose money. Fund share prices, yields, and total returns will change with market fluctuations as well as the fortunes of the countries, industries, and companies in which the Fund invests.

Foreign investing involves risks not typically associated with investing in US securities. These include fluctuations in currency exchange rates, less public information about securities, less governmental market supervision, and lack of uniform financial, social, and political standards. Foreign investing heightens the risk of confiscatory taxation, seizure or nationalization of assets, establishment of currency controls, or adverse political or social developments that affect investments.

Performance

The following bar chart and table provide an indication of the risks of investing in the International Fund by showing changes in performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund's average annual returns for 1, 5, and 10 years compare to those of a broad-based market index. A fund's past performance (before and after taxes) is not a guarantee of how a fund will perform in the future.

Performance data current to the most recent month-end and quarter-end are available on www.sextantfunds.com.

Annual Total Return

Best Quarter	Q4 2004	16.98%
Worst Quarter	Q3 2011	-14.18%

Average Annual Total Returns
for periods ended December 31, 2013

Average Annual Total Returns		1 Year	5 Year	10 Year
Sextant International Fund		7.49%	7.89%	7.61%
Sextant International Fund Return after taxes on distributions		7.15%	7.72%	7.46%
Sextant International Fund Return after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares		4.84%	6.28%	7.42%
Sextant International Fund NYSE Arca International Market Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)		21.34%	11.63%	8.07%
Sextant International Fund MSCI EAFE Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)	[1]	23.29%	12.95%	7.39%

After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates but do not reflect the impact of any state or local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and likely differ from those shown. After-tax illustrations are not relevant to retirement plans, corporations, trusts, or other investors that are taxed at special rates. In loss periods, the average after-tax total return may be higher than average annual total return because of an assumed deduction of losses from other income.

[1] The Fund is replacing the NYSE Arca International Index with the MSCI Europe, Australasia, Far East Index used in these comparisons to better reflect the makeup of its portfolio.

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Sextant Global High Income Fund

Sextant Global High Income Fund

Investment Objective

High income,

with a secondary objective of capital preservation.

Fees and Expenses

Shareowner Fees

There are no fees that shareowners pay directly from their investments, such as charges for purchases, redemptions, and exchanges of shares.

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your
investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses		Sextant Global High Income Fund
Management Fees (vary with performance)		0.51%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees		0.25%
Other Expenses		0.49%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses		1.25%
Fee Waiver and Expense Reimbursement		0.35%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Fee Waiver and Expense Reimbursement	[1]	0.90%

Example

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example assumes you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same. Although actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:

Expense Example (USD $)	1 year	3 years	5 years	10 years
Sextant Global High Income Fund	127	397	686	1,511

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund may pay transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 22.79% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

The Global High Income Fund invests in a globally diversified portfolio of income-producing debt and equity securities. It applies a consistent, value-oriented approach to security selection, basing investment decisions on current income and expected total return, adjusted for risk. It adjusts allocations to individual securities to manage the portfolio's fundamental risks, such as industry, country, currency, inflation, interest rate, liquidity, and credit cycle risks. In addition, the Fund will attempt to capitalize on periodic stress in leveraged credit markets, which may result in more volatile current income in exchange for more attractive long-term, risk-adjusted total return consistent with its investment objective. The Fund normally includes securities from at least three countries outside the US.

Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests its assets as follows:

• No more than 50% in common stocks
• No more than 50% in securities of US issuers
• No more than 50% in bonds rated A3 or higher
• No more than 33% in securities of emerging market issuers
• No hedges, credit default swaps, or other transactions involving leverage or borrowings

Principal Risks of Investing

The value of Global High Income Fund shares rises and falls as the value of the securities in which the Fund invests goes up and down. Only consider investing in the Fund if you are willing to accept the risk that you may lose money. Fund share prices, yields, and total returns will change with market fluctuations as well as the fortunes of the countries, currencies, industries, and companies in which the Fund invests.

Investment in the Fund entails the risks of both equity and debt securities, although it seeks to mitigate these risks through a widely diversified portfolio that includes foreign and domestic stocks and bonds. Security prices are subject to market risk, and common stocks in particular may be subject to price declines that are steep, sudden, and/or prolonged.

Foreign investing involves risks not normally associated with US securities. These include fluctuations in currency exchange rates, less public information about securities, less governmental market supervision, and lack of uniform financial, social, and political standards. Foreign investing heightens the risk of confiscatory taxation, seizure or nationalization of assets, currency controls, or adverse political or social developments that affect investments. The risks of investing in foreign securities are typically greater in less developed or emerging countries.

Bonds have interest rate risk, generally falling in price when rates increase. The longer a bond's maturity, the more sensitive the bond is to interest rate changes. Bonds also entail credit risk, which is the possibility that a bond will not pay interest or principal when due. If a bond's credit quality is perceived to decline, investors will demand a higher yield, which means a lower price.

Issuers of high-yield securities are generally not as strong financially as those issuing higher quality securities. These issuers are more likely to encounter financial difficulties and are more vulnerable to changes in the relevant economy that could affect their ability to make interest, principal, and dividend payments as expected. Investments in high-yield securities can be speculative in nature. High-yield bonds may have low or no ratings, and may be considered "junk bonds." The prices of high-yield securities generally fluctuate more than those of higher quality. High-yield securities are generally more illiquid (harder to sell) and harder to value.

Performance

The Global High Income Fund began operations on March 30, 2012. The following bar chart and table provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing how the Fund's performance compares with that of a broad-based market index. A fund's past performance (before and after taxes) is not a guarantee of how a fund will perform in the future.

Performance data current to the most recent month-end and quarter-end are available on www.sextantfunds.com.

Annual Total Return

Average Annual Total Returns
for periods ended December 31, 2013

Average Annual Total Returns	1 Year	Life of Fund	Inception Date
Sextant Global High Income Fund	8.61%	6.30%	Mar. 30, 2012
Sextant Global High Income Fund Return after taxes on distributions	7.57%	5.44%	Mar. 30, 2012
Sextant Global High Income Fund Return after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares	5.40%	4.64%	Mar. 30, 2012
Sextant Global High Income Fund S&P Global 1200 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)	26.01%	17.06%	Mar. 30, 2012

After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates but do not reflect the impact of any state or local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and likely differ from those shown. After-tax illustrations are not relevant to retirement plans, corporations, trusts, or other investors that are taxed at special rates. In loss periods, the average after-tax total return may be higher than average annual total return because of an assumed deduction of losses from other income.

[1] The adviser has committed through March 31, 2015, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to ensure that the Fund's net operating expenses, excluding brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and extraordinary expenses do not exceed the net operating expense ratio of 0.90%. The committed net operating expense ratio may be changed or terminated only with approval of the Board of Trustees.

[1] For the period 3/30/2012 (the Fund's inception) through 12/31/2012, and not annualized.

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SEXTANT GROWTH FUND

Sextant Growth Fund

Investment Objective

Long-term capital growth.

Fees and Expenses

Shareowner Fees

There are no fees that shareowners pay directly from their investments, such as charges for purchases, redemptions, and exchanges of shares.

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your
investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses	SEXTANT GROWTH FUND Sextant Growth Fund
Management Fees (vary with performance)	0.50%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees	0.25%
Other Expenses	0.19%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses	0.94%

Example

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example assumes you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same. Although actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:

Expense Example (USD $)	1 year	3 years	5 years	10 years
SEXTANT GROWTH FUND Sextant Growth Fund	96	300	520	1,155

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund may pay transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 29.22% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

The Growth Fund seeks capital growth by investing in common stocks of US companies. The Fund diversifies its investments across industries and companies and generally follows a value investment style. The Fund looks for companies with growing revenues and earnings, favoring companies trading for less than the adviser's assessment of intrinsic value, which typically means companies with low price/earning multiples, low price to cash flow, and higher dividend yields. The Fund may invest in securities of smaller or newer companies as well as those of well-seasoned companies of any size.

Principal Risks of Investing

The value of Growth Fund shares rises and falls as the value of the stocks in which the Fund invests goes up and down. Only consider investing in the Fund if you are willing to accept the risk that you may lose money. Fund share prices, yields, and total returns will change with fluctuations in the securities markets as well as the fortunes of the industries and companies in which the Fund invests.

The Fund may invest in smaller companies, which involve higher investment risks in that they often have limited product lines, markets, and resources, or their securities may trade less frequently and have greater price fluctuation than those of larger companies. Growth stocks, which can be priced on future expectations rather than current results, may decline substantially when expectations are not met or general market conditions weaken.

Performance

The following bar chart and table provide an indication of the risks of investing in the Growth Fund by showing changes in performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund's average annual returns for 1, 5, and 10 years compare to those of a broad-based market index. A fund's past performance (before and after taxes) is not a guarantee of how a fund will perform in the future.

Performance data current to the most recent month-end and quarter-end are available on www.sextantfunds.com.

Annual Total Return

Best Quarter	Q4 2004	15.45%
Worst Quarter	Q4 2008	-20.39%

Average Annual Total Returns
for periods ended December 31, 2013

Average Annual Total Returns SEXTANT GROWTH FUND	1 Year	5 Year	10 Year
Sextant Growth Fund	30.29%	14.84%	8.37%
Sextant Growth Fund Return after taxes on distributions	27.51%	14.30%	8.03%
Sextant Growth Fund Return after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares	18.71%	11.84%	6.75%
S&P 500 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)	32.39%	17.93%	7.40%

After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates but do not reflect the impact of any state or local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and likely differ from those shown. After-tax illustrations are not relevant to retirement plans, corporations, trusts, or other investors that are taxed at special rates. In loss periods, the average after-tax total return may be higher than average annual total return because of an assumed deduction of losses from other income.

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SATURNA INVESTMENT TRUST

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Mar. 27, 2014

SEXTANT GROWTH FUND

Risk/Return:

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Risk/Return [Heading]

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Sextant Growth Fund

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Investment Objective

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Long-term capital growth.

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Fees and Expenses

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Shareowner Fees

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There are no fees that shareowners pay directly from their investments, such as charges for purchases, redemptions, and exchanges of shares.

Operating Expenses Caption [Text]

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Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your
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Portfolio Turnover [Heading]

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Portfolio Turnover

Portfolio Turnover [Text Block]

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The Fund may pay transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 29.22% of the average value of its portfolio.

Portfolio Turnover, Rate

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29.22%

Expense Example [Heading]

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Example

Expense Example Narrative [Text Block]

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This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example assumes you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same. Although actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:

Strategy [Heading]

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Principal Investment Strategies

Strategy Narrative [Text Block]

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The Growth Fund seeks capital growth by investing in common stocks of US companies. The Fund diversifies its investments across industries and companies and generally follows a value investment style. The Fund looks for companies with growing revenues and earnings, favoring companies trading for less than the adviser's assessment of intrinsic value, which typically means companies with low price/earning multiples, low price to cash flow, and higher dividend yields. The Fund may invest in securities of smaller or newer companies as well as those of well-seasoned companies of any size.

Risk [Heading]

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Principal Risks of Investing

Risk Narrative [Text Block]

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The value of Growth Fund shares rises and falls as the value of the stocks in which the Fund invests goes up and down. Only consider investing in the Fund if you are willing to accept the risk that you may lose money. Fund share prices, yields, and total returns will change with fluctuations in the securities markets as well as the fortunes of the industries and companies in which the Fund invests.

The Fund may invest in smaller companies, which involve higher investment risks in that they often have limited product lines, markets, and resources, or their securities may trade less frequently and have greater price fluctuation than those of larger companies. Growth stocks, which can be priced on future expectations rather than current results, may decline substantially when expectations are not met or general market conditions weaken.

Risk Lose Money [Text]

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Only consider investing in the Fund if you are willing to accept the risk that you may lose money.

Bar Chart and Performance Table [Heading]

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Performance

Performance Narrative [Text Block]

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The following bar chart and table provide an indication of the risks of investing in the Growth Fund by showing changes in performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund's average annual returns for 1, 5, and 10 years compare to those of a broad-based market index. A fund's past performance (before and after taxes) is not a guarantee of how a fund will perform in the future.

Performance data current to the most recent month-end and quarter-end are available on www.sextantfunds.com.

Performance Information Illustrates Variability of Returns [Text]

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The following bar chart and table provide an indication of the risks of investing in the Growth Fund by showing changes in performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund's average annual returns for 1, 5, and 10 years compare to those of a broad-based market index.

Performance Availability Website Address [Text]

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www.sextantfunds.com

Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text]

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A fund's past performance (before and after taxes) is not a guarantee of how a fund will perform in the future.

Bar Chart [Heading]

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Annual Total Return

Bar Chart Closing [Text Block]

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Best Quarter	Q4 2004	15.45%
Worst Quarter	Q4 2008	-20.39%

Performance Table Heading

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Average Annual Total Returns
for periods ended December 31, 2013

Performance Table Uses Highest Federal Rate

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After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates but do not reflect the impact of any state or local taxes.

Performance Table Not Relevant to Tax Deferred

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Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and likely differ from those shown. After-tax illustrations are not relevant to retirement plans, corporations, trusts, or other investors that are taxed at special rates.

Performance Table Explanation after Tax Higher

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In loss periods, the average after-tax total return may be higher than average annual total return because of an assumed deduction of losses from other income.

Performance Table Narrative

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After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates but do not reflect the impact of any state or local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and likely differ from those shown. After-tax illustrations are not relevant to retirement plans, corporations, trusts, or other investors that are taxed at special rates. In loss periods, the average after-tax total return may be higher than average annual total return because of an assumed deduction of losses from other income.

SEXTANT GROWTH FUND | Sextant Growth Fund

Risk/Return:

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Management Fees (vary with performance)

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0.50%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

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0.25%

Other Expenses

rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets

0.19%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

rr_ExpensesOverAssets

0.94%

1 year

rr_ExpenseExampleYear01

$ 96

3 years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear03

300

5 years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear05

520

10 years

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$ 1,155

2004

rr_AnnualReturn2004

16.44%

2005

rr_AnnualReturn2005

18.63%

2006

rr_AnnualReturn2006

8.17%

2007

rr_AnnualReturn2007

9.91%

2008

rr_AnnualReturn2008

(31.93%)

2009

rr_AnnualReturn2009

22.38%

2010

rr_AnnualReturn2010

11.84%

2011

rr_AnnualReturn2011

(1.81%)

2012

rr_AnnualReturn2012

14.09%

2013

rr_AnnualReturn2013

30.29%

Highest Quarterly Return, Label

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Best Quarter

Highest Quarterly Return, Date

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Dec. 31, 2004

Highest Quarterly Return

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15.45%

Lowest Quarterly Return, Label

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Worst Quarter

Lowest Quarterly Return, Date

rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturnDate

Dec. 31, 2008

Lowest Quarterly Return

rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturn

(20.39%)

1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

30.29%

5 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

14.84%

10 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10

8.37%

SEXTANT GROWTH FUND | Return after taxes on distributions | Sextant Growth Fund

Risk/Return:

rr_RiskReturnAbstract

1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

27.51%

5 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

14.30%

10 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10

8.03%

SEXTANT GROWTH FUND | Return after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares | Sextant Growth Fund

Risk/Return:

rr_RiskReturnAbstract

1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

18.71%

5 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

11.84%

10 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10

6.75%

SEXTANT GROWTH FUND | S&P 500 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)

Risk/Return:

rr_RiskReturnAbstract

1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

32.39%

5 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

17.93%

10 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10

7.40%

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Sextant Core Fund

Risk/Return:

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Risk/Return [Heading]

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Sextant Core Fund

Objective [Heading]

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Investment Objective

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Long-term appreciation and

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capital preservation.

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Fees and Expenses

Shareholder Fees Caption [Text]

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Shareowner Fees

Shareholder Fees [Table]

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There are no fees that shareowners pay directly from their investments, such as charges for purchases, redemptions, and exchanges of shares.

Operating Expenses Caption [Text]

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Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your
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Portfolio Turnover [Heading]

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Portfolio Turnover

Portfolio Turnover [Text Block]

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The Fund may pay transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 28.58% of the average value of its portfolio.

Portfolio Turnover, Rate

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28.58%

Expense Example [Heading]

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Example

Expense Example Narrative [Text Block]

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This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example assumes you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same. Although actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:

Strategy [Heading]

rr_StrategyHeading

Principal Investment Strategies

Strategy Narrative [Text Block]

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The Core Fund invests in a mix of equity and debt securities. It normally invests 40% of its assets in equity securities of US companies, 20% in foreign equity securities, 25% in investment-grade debt securities with maturities of three years or longer, and 15% in short-term debt securities including, money market instruments and cash. The Fund follows a value investment style, favoring income-producing securities of more seasoned companies.

Risk [Heading]

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Principal Risks of Investing

Risk Narrative [Text Block]

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The value of Core Fund shares rises and falls as the value of the securities in which the Fund invests goes up and down. Only consider investing in the Fund if you are willing to accept the risk that you may lose money. Fund share prices, yields, and total returns will change with market fluctuations as well as the fortunes of the countries, industries, and companies in which the Fund invests.

The Fund involves the risks of both equity and debt investing, although it seeks to mitigate these risks through a widely diversified portfolio that includes domestic stocks, foreign stocks, short and long-term bonds, and money market instruments. Security prices are subject to market risk, and common stocks in particular may be subject to price declines that are steep, sudden, and/or prolonged.

Foreign investing involves risks not normally associated with US securities. These include fluctuations in currency exchange rates, less public information about securities, less governmental market supervision, and lack of uniform financial, social, and political standards. Foreign investing heightens the risk of confiscatory taxation, seizure or nationalization of assets, currency controls, or adverse political or social developments that affect investments.

Bonds have interest rate risk, generally falling in price when rates increase. The longer a bond's maturity, the more sensitive the bond is to interest rate changes. Bonds also entail credit risk, which is the possibility that a bond will not pay interest or principal when due. If a bond's credit quality is perceived to decline, investors will demand a higher yield, which means a lower price.

Risk Lose Money [Text]

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Only consider investing in the Fund if you are willing to accept the risk that you may lose money.

Bar Chart and Performance Table [Heading]

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Performance

Performance Narrative [Text Block]

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The following bar chart and table provide an indication of the risks of investing in the Core Fund by showing changes in performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund's average annual returns compare to those of a broad-based market index. A fund's past performance (before and after taxes) is not a guarantee of how a fund will perform in the future.

Performance data current to the most recent month-end and quarter-end are available on www.sextantfunds.com.

Performance Information Illustrates Variability of Returns [Text]

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The following bar chart and table provide an indication of the risks of investing in the Core Fund by showing changes in performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund’s average annual returns compare to those of a broad-based market index.

Performance Availability Website Address [Text]

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www.sextantfunds.com

Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text]

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A fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) is not a guarantee of how a fund will perform in the future.

Bar Chart [Heading]

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Annual Total Return

Bar Chart Closing [Text Block]

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Best Quarter	Q2 2009	9.85%
Worst Quarter	Q4 2008	-9.23%

Performance Table Heading

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Average Annual Total Returns
for periods ended December 31, 2013

Performance Table Uses Highest Federal Rate

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After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates but do not reflect the impact of any state or local taxes.

Performance Table Not Relevant to Tax Deferred

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Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and likely differ from those shown. After-tax illustrations are not relevant to retirement plans, corporations, trusts, or other investors that are taxed at special rates.

Performance Table Explanation after Tax Higher

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In loss periods, the average after-tax total return may be higher than average annual total return because of an assumed deduction of losses from other income.

Performance Table Narrative

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After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates but do not reflect the impact of any state or local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and likely differ from those shown. After-tax illustrations are not relevant to retirement plans, corporations, trusts, or other investors that are taxed at special rates. In loss periods, the average after-tax total return may be higher than average annual total return because of an assumed deduction of losses from other income.

Sextant Core Fund | Sextant Core Fund

Risk/Return:

rr_RiskReturnAbstract

Management Fees (vary with performance)

rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets

0.32%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets

0.25%

Other Expenses

rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets

0.44%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

rr_ExpensesOverAssets

1.01%

1 year

rr_ExpenseExampleYear01

$ 103

3 years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear03

322

5 years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear05

558

10 years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear10

$ 1,236

2007

rr_AnnualReturn2007

7.51%

^[1]

2008

rr_AnnualReturn2008

(20.78%)

2009

rr_AnnualReturn2009

19.60%

2010

rr_AnnualReturn2010

8.61%

2011

rr_AnnualReturn2011

2.37%

2012

rr_AnnualReturn2012

5.80%

2013

rr_AnnualReturn2013

11.05%

Highest Quarterly Return, Label

rr_HighestQuarterlyReturnLabel

Best Quarter

Highest Quarterly Return, Date

rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturnDate

Jun. 30, 2009

Highest Quarterly Return

rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturn

9.85%

Lowest Quarterly Return, Label

rr_LowestQuarterlyReturnLabel

Worst Quarter

Lowest Quarterly Return, Date

rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturnDate

Dec. 31, 2008

Lowest Quarterly Return

rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturn

(9.23%)

1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

11.05%

5 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

9.34%

Life of Fund

rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception

4.32%

Inception Date

rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate

Mar. 30, 2007

Sextant Core Fund | Return after taxes on distributions | Sextant Core Fund

Risk/Return:

rr_RiskReturnAbstract

1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

10.48%

5 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

8.94%

Life of Fund

rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception

3.87%

Inception Date

rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate

Mar. 30, 2007

Sextant Core Fund | Return after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares | Sextant Core Fund

Risk/Return:

rr_RiskReturnAbstract

1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

6.52%

5 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

7.31%

Life of Fund

rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception

3.23%

Inception Date

rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate

Mar. 30, 2007

Sextant Core Fund | Dow Jones Moderate Portfolio Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)

Risk/Return:

rr_RiskReturnAbstract

1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

14.45%

5 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

12.48%

Life of Fund

rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception

5.45%

Inception Date

rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate

Mar. 30, 2007

[1] For the period 3/30/2007 (the Fund's inception) through 12/31/2007, and not annualized.

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SATURNA INVESTMENT TRUST

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Sextant International Fund

Risk/Return:

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Risk/Return [Heading]

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Sextant International Fund

Objective [Heading]

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Investment Objective

Objective, Primary [Text Block]

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Long-term capital growth.

Expense [Heading]

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Fees and Expenses

Shareholder Fees Caption [Text]

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Shareowner Fees

Shareholder Fees [Table]

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There are no fees that shareowners pay directly from their investments, such as charges for purchases, redemptions, and exchanges of shares.

Operating Expenses Caption [Text]

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Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your
investment)

Portfolio Turnover [Heading]

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Portfolio Turnover

Portfolio Turnover [Text Block]

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The Fund may pay transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 6.49% of the average value of its portfolio.

Portfolio Turnover, Rate

rr_PortfolioTurnoverRate

6.49%

Expense Example [Heading]

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Example

Expense Example Narrative [Text Block]

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This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example assumes you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same. Although actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:

Strategy [Heading]

rr_StrategyHeading

Principal Investment Strategies

Strategy Narrative [Text Block]

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The International Fund diversifies its investments among many countries, favoring those with mature markets (such as Europe and Canada). The Fund invests at least 65% of its assets in companies with their headquarters and major assets and earnings outside the US. The Fund diversifies its investments across industries, companies, and countries. The Fund looks for companies with growing revenues and earnings, favoring companies trading for less than the adviser's assessment of intrinsic value, which typically means companies with low price/earning multiples, low price to cash flow, and higher dividend yields. There is no restriction on the size of companies in which the Fund invests, but it favors larger and more established firms.

Risk [Heading]

rr_RiskHeading

Principal Risks of Investing

Risk Narrative [Text Block]

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The value of International Fund shares rises and falls as the value of the stocks in which the Fund invests goes up and down. Only consider investing in the Fund if you are willing to accept the risk that you may lose money. Fund share prices, yields, and total returns will change with market fluctuations as well as the fortunes of the countries, industries, and companies in which the Fund invests.

Foreign investing involves risks not typically associated with investing in US securities. These include fluctuations in currency exchange rates, less public information about securities, less governmental market supervision, and lack of uniform financial, social, and political standards. Foreign investing heightens the risk of confiscatory taxation, seizure or nationalization of assets, establishment of currency controls, or adverse political or social developments that affect investments.

Risk Lose Money [Text]

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Only consider investing in the Fund if you are willing to accept the risk that you may lose money.

Bar Chart and Performance Table [Heading]

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Performance

Performance Narrative [Text Block]

rr_PerformanceNarrativeTextBlock

The following bar chart and table provide an indication of the risks of investing in the International Fund by showing changes in performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund's average annual returns for 1, 5, and 10 years compare to those of a broad-based market index. A fund's past performance (before and after taxes) is not a guarantee of how a fund will perform in the future.

Performance data current to the most recent month-end and quarter-end are available on www.sextantfunds.com.

Performance Information Illustrates Variability of Returns [Text]

rr_PerformanceInformationIllustratesVariabilityOfReturns

The following bar chart and table provide an indication of the risks of investing in the International Fund by showing changes in performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund's average annual returns for 1, 5, and 10 years compare to those of a broad-based market index.

Performance Availability Website Address [Text]

rr_PerformanceAvailabilityWebSiteAddress

www.sextantfunds.com

Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text]

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A fund's past performance (before and after taxes) is not a guarantee of how a fund will perform in the future.

Bar Chart [Heading]

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Annual Total Return

Bar Chart Closing [Text Block]

rr_BarChartClosingTextBlock

Best Quarter	Q4 2004	16.98%
Worst Quarter	Q3 2011	-14.18%

Performance Table Heading

rr_PerformanceTableHeading

Average Annual Total Returns
for periods ended December 31, 2013

Performance Table Market Index Changed

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The Fund is replacing the NYSE Arca International Index with the MSCI Europe, Australasia, Far East Index used in these comparisons to better reflect the makeup of its portfolio.

Performance Table Uses Highest Federal Rate

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After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates but do not reflect the impact of any state or local taxes.

Performance Table Not Relevant to Tax Deferred

rr_PerformanceTableNotRelevantToTaxDeferred

Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and likely differ from those shown. After-tax illustrations are not relevant to retirement plans, corporations, trusts, or other investors that are taxed at special rates.

Performance Table Explanation after Tax Higher

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In loss periods, the average after-tax total return may be higher than average annual total return because of an assumed deduction of losses from other income.

Performance Table Narrative

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After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates but do not reflect the impact of any state or local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and likely differ from those shown. After-tax illustrations are not relevant to retirement plans, corporations, trusts, or other investors that are taxed at special rates. In loss periods, the average after-tax total return may be higher than average annual total return because of an assumed deduction of losses from other income.

Sextant International Fund | Sextant International Fund

Risk/Return:

rr_RiskReturnAbstract

Management Fees (vary with performance)

rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets

0.28%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets

0.25%

Other Expenses

rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets

0.13%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

rr_ExpensesOverAssets

0.66%

1 year

rr_ExpenseExampleYear01

$ 67

3 years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear03

211

5 years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear05

368

10 years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear10

$ 822

2004

rr_AnnualReturn2004

17.40%

2005

rr_AnnualReturn2005

16.75%

2006

rr_AnnualReturn2006

22.02%

2007

rr_AnnualReturn2007

16.76%

2008

rr_AnnualReturn2008

(27.02%)

2009

rr_AnnualReturn2009

23.49%

2010

rr_AnnualReturn2010

11.64%

2011

rr_AnnualReturn2011

(8.76%)

2012

rr_AnnualReturn2012

8.12%

2013

rr_AnnualReturn2013

7.49%

Highest Quarterly Return, Label

rr_HighestQuarterlyReturnLabel

Best Quarter

Highest Quarterly Return, Date

rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturnDate

Dec. 31, 2004

Highest Quarterly Return

rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturn

16.98%

Lowest Quarterly Return, Label

rr_LowestQuarterlyReturnLabel

Worst Quarter

Lowest Quarterly Return, Date

rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturnDate

Sep. 30, 2011

Lowest Quarterly Return

rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturn

(14.18%)

1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

7.49%

5 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

7.89%

10 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10

7.61%

Sextant International Fund | Return after taxes on distributions | Sextant International Fund

Risk/Return:

rr_RiskReturnAbstract

1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

7.15%

5 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

7.72%

10 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10

7.46%

Sextant International Fund | Return after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares | Sextant International Fund

Risk/Return:

rr_RiskReturnAbstract

1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

4.84%

5 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

6.28%

10 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10

7.42%

Sextant International Fund | NYSE Arca International Market Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)

Risk/Return:

rr_RiskReturnAbstract

1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

21.34%

5 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

11.63%

10 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10

8.07%

Sextant International Fund | MSCI EAFE Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)

Risk/Return:

rr_RiskReturnAbstract

1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

23.29%

^[1]

5 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

12.95%

^[1]

10 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10

7.39%

^[1]

[1] The Fund is replacing the NYSE Arca International Index with the MSCI Europe, Australasia, Far East Index used in these comparisons to better reflect the makeup of its portfolio.

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Sextant Core Fund

Sextant Core Fund

Investment Objective

Long-term appreciation and

capital preservation.

Fees and Expenses

Shareowner Fees

There are no fees that shareowners pay directly from their investments, such as charges for purchases, redemptions, and exchanges of shares.

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your
investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses	Sextant Core Fund
Management Fees (vary with performance)	0.32%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees	0.25%
Other Expenses	0.44%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses	1.01%

Example

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example assumes you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same. Although actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:

Expense Example (USD $)	1 year	3 years	5 years	10 years
Sextant Core Fund	103	322	558	1,236

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund may pay transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 28.58% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

The Core Fund invests in a mix of equity and debt securities. It normally invests 40% of its assets in equity securities of US companies, 20% in foreign equity securities, 25% in investment-grade debt securities with maturities of three years or longer, and 15% in short-term debt securities including, money market instruments and cash. The Fund follows a value investment style, favoring income-producing securities of more seasoned companies.

Principal Risks of Investing

The value of Core Fund shares rises and falls as the value of the securities in which the Fund invests goes up and down. Only consider investing in the Fund if you are willing to accept the risk that you may lose money. Fund share prices, yields, and total returns will change with market fluctuations as well as the fortunes of the countries, industries, and companies in which the Fund invests.

The Fund involves the risks of both equity and debt investing, although it seeks to mitigate these risks through a widely diversified portfolio that includes domestic stocks, foreign stocks, short and long-term bonds, and money market instruments. Security prices are subject to market risk, and common stocks in particular may be subject to price declines that are steep, sudden, and/or prolonged.

Foreign investing involves risks not normally associated with US securities. These include fluctuations in currency exchange rates, less public information about securities, less governmental market supervision, and lack of uniform financial, social, and political standards. Foreign investing heightens the risk of confiscatory taxation, seizure or nationalization of assets, currency controls, or adverse political or social developments that affect investments.

Bonds have interest rate risk, generally falling in price when rates increase. The longer a bond's maturity, the more sensitive the bond is to interest rate changes. Bonds also entail credit risk, which is the possibility that a bond will not pay interest or principal when due. If a bond's credit quality is perceived to decline, investors will demand a higher yield, which means a lower price.

Performance

The following bar chart and table provide an indication of the risks of investing in the Core Fund by showing changes in performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund's average annual returns compare to those of a broad-based market index. A fund's past performance (before and after taxes) is not a guarantee of how a fund will perform in the future.

Performance data current to the most recent month-end and quarter-end are available on www.sextantfunds.com.

Annual Total Return

Best Quarter	Q2 2009	9.85%
Worst Quarter	Q4 2008	-9.23%

Average Annual Total Returns
for periods ended December 31, 2013

Average Annual Total Returns	1 Year	5 Year	Life of Fund	Inception Date
Sextant Core Fund	11.05%	9.34%	4.32%	Mar. 30, 2007
Sextant Core Fund Return after taxes on distributions	10.48%	8.94%	3.87%	Mar. 30, 2007
Sextant Core Fund Return after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares	6.52%	7.31%	3.23%	Mar. 30, 2007
Sextant Core Fund Dow Jones Moderate Portfolio Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)	14.45%	12.48%	5.45%	Mar. 30, 2007

After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates but do not reflect the impact of any state or local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and likely differ from those shown. After-tax illustrations are not relevant to retirement plans, corporations, trusts, or other investors that are taxed at special rates. In loss periods, the average after-tax total return may be higher than average annual total return because of an assumed deduction of losses from other income.

[1] For the period 3/30/2007 (the Fund's inception) through 12/31/2007, and not annualized.

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Sextant Bond Income Fund

Sextant Bond Income Fund

Investment Objective

Current income.

Fees and Expenses

Shareowner Fees

There are no fees that shareowners pay directly from their investments, such as charges for purchases, redemptions, and exchanges of shares.

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your
investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses		Sextant Bond Income Fund
Management Fees (vary with performance)		0.49%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees		0.25%
Other Expenses		0.38%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses		1.12%
Fee Waiver and Expense Reimbursement		0.23%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Fee Waiver and Expense Reimbursement	[1]	0.89%

Example

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example assumes you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same. Although actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:

Expense Example (USD $)	1 year	3 years	5 years	10 years
Sextant Bond Income Fund	114	356	617	1,363

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund may pay transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 8.00% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

The Bond Income Fund invests at least 80% of its assets in bonds. Under normal circumstances, the Fund maintains a dollar-weighted average maturity of ten years or more. The Fund invests at least 65% of assets in bonds rated within the three highest grades (Aaa, Aa or A) and may not invest in a bond rated at time of purchase below the fourth highest grade (Baa).

Principal Risks of Investing

The value of Bond Income Fund shares rises and falls as the value of the bonds in which the Fund invests goes up and down. Only consider investing in the Fund if you are willing to accept the risk that you may lose money. Fund share prices, yields, and total returns will change with market fluctuations as well as the fortunes of the countries, industries, and companies in which the Fund invests.

The risks inherent in the Bond Income Fund depend primarily on the terms and quality of the obligations in its portfolio, as well as on bond market conditions. When interest rates rise bond prices fall. When interest rates fall, bond prices go up. Bonds with longer maturities, such as those held by the Bond Income Fund, usually are more sensitive to interest rate changes than bonds with shorter maturities. The Fund entails credit risk, which is the possibility that a bond will not be able to pay interest or principal when due. If the credit quality of a bond is perceived to decline, investors will demand a higher yield, which means a lower price on that bond to compensate for the higher level of risk.

Performance

The following bar chart and table provide an indication of the risks of investing in the Bond Income Fund by showing changes in performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund's average annual returns for 1, 5, and 10 years compare to those of a broad-based market index. A fund's past performance (before and after taxes) is not a guarantee of how a fund will perform in the future.

Performance data current to the most recent month-end and quarter-end are available on www.sextantfunds.com.

Annual Total Return

Best Quarter	Q3 2009	5.35%
Worst Quarter	Q2 2013	-4.27%

Average Annual Total Returns
for periods ended December 31, 2013

Average Annual Total Returns	1 Year	5 Year	10 Year
Sextant Bond Income Fund	(4.20%)	5.33%	3.97%
Sextant Bond Income Fund Return after taxes on distributions	(5.53%)	3.93%	2.46%
Sextant Bond Income Fund Return after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares	(5.55%)	3.82%	2.20%
Sextant Bond Income Fund Citigroup Broad Investment Grade Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)	(2.04%)	4.22%	4.66%

After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates but do not reflect the impact of any state or local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and likely differ from those shown. After-tax illustrations are not relevant to retirement plans, corporations, trusts, or other investors that are taxed at special rates. In loss periods, the average after-tax total return may be higher than average annual total return because of an assumed deduction of losses from other income.

[1] The adviser has committed through March 31, 2015, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to ensure that the Fund's net operating expenses, excluding brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and extraordinary expenses do not exceed the net operating expense ratio of 0.90%. The committed net operating expense ratio may be changed or terminated only with approval of the Board of Trustees.

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Idaho Tax-Exempt Fund

Idaho Tax-Exempt Fund

Investment Objective

Idaho Tax-Exempt Fund seeks to provide income free from federal income, federal alternative minimum and Idaho state income taxes.

Preservation of capital is a secondary objective.

Fees and Expenses

Shareowner Fees

There are no fees that shareowners pay directly from their investments, such as charges for purchases, redemptions, and exchanges of shares.

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your
investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses	Idaho Tax-Exempt Fund
Management Fee	0.50%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees	none
Other Expenses	0.16%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses	0.66%

Example

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example assumes you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same. Although actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:

Expense Example (USD $)	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years
Idaho Tax-Exempt Fund	67	211	368	822

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund may pay transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 9.37% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Idaho Tax-Exempt Fund invests in debt securities issued by the State of Idaho and its political subdivisions. These municipal bonds, notes, and commercial paper may be in various forms, including general obligation bonds, revenue bonds, mortgage bonds, certificates of participation, local improvement district bonds, and refunding bonds.

The Fund buys investment grade bonds, meaning those rated "Baa" or higher by a national bond rating agency (e.g., Moody's Investor's Services), or, if unrated, of equivalent quality in the opinion of the adviser, considered at the time of purchase. At least 40% of bonds that the Fund buys must be rated "A" or higher or, if unrated, of equivalent quality, on a similar basis. Factors used in bond evaluations include such information as the bond district's financial position, population size, employment trends, economic activity, and diversification. The portfolio's dollar-weighted average effective maturity is expected to range between 6 and 15 years. In accordance with the fundamental investment policies of the Fund, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of assets are invested in debt securities generating income exempt from both federal and Idaho income tax.

Principal Risks of Investing

The value of Fund shares rises and falls as the value of the bonds in which the Fund invests goes up and down. Only consider investing in the Fund if you are willing to accept the risk that you may lose money. Fund share prices, yields, and total returns will change with fluctuations in the securities markets as well as the fortunes of the industries and municipalities in which the Fund invests.

Idaho Tax-Exempt Fund risks depend primarily on the terms and quality of the obligations in the Fund's portfolio as well as on market conditions. When interest rates rise, bond prices fall. When interest rates fall, bond prices go up. Bonds with longer maturities, such as those held by the Fund, usually are more sensitive to interest rate changes than bonds with shorter maturities.

The Fund entails credit risk, which is the possibility that a bond will not be able to pay interest or principal when due. If the credit quality of a bond is perceived to decline, investors will demand a higher yield, which means a lower price on that bond to compensate for the higher level of risk. If a security held by the Fund defaults on payment of interest or principal, the Fund's income, ability to preserve capital, and liquidity would all be adversely affected.

Fund investments are susceptible to factors adversely affecting Idaho, such as political, economic, and financial trends unique to this state. Industries important to Idaho's economy include services, government, construction, food and agricultural production, and electronics. Investing only in Idaho bonds means that the Fund's investments are more concentrated than other mutual funds, and relatively few bond price changes may lead to underperformance compared to investments selected in greater number and/or from a wider universe.

The Fund is vulnerable to income tax rate changes, either at the Idaho or federal level, since part of municipal securities' value is derived from the recipient's ability to exclude interest payments from taxation.

Performance

The following bar chart and table provide an indication of the risks of investing in the Idaho Tax-Exempt Fund by showing performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund's average annual returns for 1, 5, and 10 years compare to those of a broad-based market index. A fund's past performance (before and after taxes) is not a guarantee of how a fund will perform in the future.

Performance data current to the most recent month-end and quarter-end are available on www.idahotaxexemptfund.com.

Annual Total Return

Best Quarter	Q1 2009	4.79%
Worst Quarter	Q3 2008	-3.97%

Average Annual Total Returns
for periods ended December 31, 2013

Average Annual Total Returns	1 Year	5 Year	10 Year
Idaho Tax-Exempt Fund	(2.03%)	4.26%	3.19%
Idaho Tax-Exempt Fund Return after taxes on distributions	(2.07%)	4.24%	3.17%
Idaho Tax-Exempt Fund Return after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares	(2.12%)	4.02%	2.74%
Idaho Tax-Exempt Fund S&P Idaho Municipal Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)	(1.51%)	7.49%	4.84%

After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates but do not reflect the impact of any state or local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and likely differ from those shown. After-tax illustrations are not relevant to retirement plans, corporations, trusts, or other investors that are taxed at special rates. In loss periods, the average after-tax total return may be higher than average annual total return because of an assumed deduction of losses from other income.

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Sextant Short-Term Bond Fund

Sextant Short-Term Bond Fund

Investment Objective

Capital preservation and

current income.

Fees and Expenses

Shareowner Fees

There are no fees that shareowners pay directly from their investments, such as charges for purchases, redemptions, and exchanges of shares.

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your
investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses		Sextant Short-Term Bond Fund
Management Fees (vary with performance)		0.50%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees		0.25%
Other Expenses		0.39%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses		1.14%
Fee Waiver and Expense Reimbursement		0.39%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Fee Waiver and Expense Reimbursement	[1]	0.75%

Example

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example assumes you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same. Although actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:

Expense Example (USD $)	1 year	3 years	5 years	10 years
Sextant Short-Term Bond Fund	116	362	628	1,386

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund may pay transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 49.99% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

The Short-Term Bond Fund invests at least 80% of its assets in short-term bonds. Under normal circumstances, the Fund's dollar-weighted average maturity does not exceed three years. The Short-Term Bond Fund invests at least 65% of assets in bonds rated within the three highest grades (Aaa, Aa or A); and may not invest in a bond rated at time of purchase below the fourth-highest grade (Baa).

Principal Risks of Investing

The value of Short-Term Bond Fund shares rises and falls as the value of the bonds in which the Fund invests goes up and down. Only consider investing in the Fund if you are willing to accept the risk that you may lose money. Fund share prices, yields, and total returns will change with market fluctuations as well as the fortunes of the countries, industries, and companies in which the Fund invests.

The risks inherent in the Short-Term Bond Fund depend primarily on the terms and quality of the obligations in its portfolio, as well as on bond market conditions. When interest rates rise bond prices fall. When interest rates fall, bond prices go up. Bonds with longer maturities usually are more sensitive to interest rate changes than bonds with shorter maturities, such as those held by the Short-Term Bond Fund. The Fund entails credit risk, which is the possibility that a bond will not be able to pay interest or principal when due. If the credit quality of a bond is perceived to decline, investors will demand a higher yield, which means a lower price on that bond to compensate for the higher level of risk.

Performance

The following bar chart and table provide an indication of the risks of investing in the Short-Term Bond Fund by showing changes in performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund's average annual returns for 1, 5, and 10 years compare to those of a broad-based market index. A fund's past performance (before and after taxes) is not a guarantee of how a fund will perform in the future.

Performance data current to the most recent month-end and quarter-end are available on www.sextantfunds.com.

Annual Total Return

Best Quarter	Q2 2009	2.79%
Worst Quarter	Q2 2004	-1.07%

Average Annual Total Returns
for periods ended December 31, 2013

Average Annual Total Returns	1 Year	5 Year	10 Year
Sextant Short-Term Bond Fund	0.22%	2.55%	2.64%
Sextant Short-Term Bond Fund Return after taxes on distributions	(0.31%)	1.81%	1.64%
Sextant Short-Term Bond Fund Return after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares	(0.31%)	1.78%	1.53%
Sextant Short-Term Bond Fund Citigroup Government/Corporate 1-3 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)	0.65%	1.99%	2.90%

After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates but do not reflect the impact of any state or local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and likely differ from those shown. After-tax illustrations are not relevant to retirement plans, corporations, trusts, or other investors that are taxed at special rates. In loss periods, the average after-tax total return may be higher than average annual total return because of an assumed deduction of losses from other income.

[1] The adviser has committed through March 31, 2015, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to ensure that the Fund's net operating expenses, excluding brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and extraordinary expenses do not exceed the net operating expense ratio of 0.75%. The committed net operating expense ratio may be changed or terminated only with approval of the Board of Trustees.