**CERTIFICATIONS**

    I, **Nicholas Kaiser**, certify that:    1. I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q of **Saturna Investment Trust**;    2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement    of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the    circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading withrespect    to the period covered by this report;    3. Based on my knowledge, the schedules of investments included in thisreport    fairly present in all material respects the investments of the registrant    as of the end of the fiscal quarter for which the report is filed;    4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible    for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (asdefined    in Rule 30a-2 (c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for theregistrant    and have:    a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused suchdisclosure    controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that    material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated    subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities,particularly    during the period in which this report is being prepared;    b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such    internal control over financial reporting to be designed under oursupervision,    to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financialreporting    and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes inaccordance    with generally accepted accounting principles;    c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls    and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about theeffectiveness    of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior    to the filing of this report, based on such evaluation; and    d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal    control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s    most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably    likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over    financial reporting; and    5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed    to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of theregistrant’s    board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):    a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design oroperation    of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to    adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process,summarize,    and report financial information; and     b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or otheremployees    who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal controls over    financial reporting.

Date: April 25, 2012  /s/ *Nicholas Kaiser*  President

 

**CERTIFICATIONS**

  I, **Christopher Fankhauser**, certify that:  1. I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q of **Saturna Investment Trust**;  2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement  of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of thecircumstances  under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to theperiod  covered by this report;  3. Based on my knowledge, the schedules of investments included in this report  fairly present in all material respects the investments of the registrant as  of the end of the fiscal quarter for which the report is filed;  4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible    for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (asdefined    in Rule 30a-2 (c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for theregistrant    and have:  a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure  controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that  material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated  subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities,particularly  during the period in which this report is being prepared;  b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused suchinternal  control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, toprovide  reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the  preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with  generally accepted accounting principles;

c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’sdisclosure  controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the  effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within  90 days prior to the filing date of this report, based on such evaluation;and  d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internalcontrol  over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s mostrecent  fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely tomaterially  affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting;and  5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed to  the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of theregistrant’s  board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the  design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting which are  reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record,  process, summarize, and report financial information; and

b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management  or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’sinternal  control over financial reporting.

  Date: April 25, 2012

  /s/ *Christopher Fankhauser*  Treasurer