We acknowledge that we gather as Camp Harmattan on the traditional territories of the People of the Treaty 7 Region of Alberta, which includes the Blackfoot Confederacy (the Siksika, Piikani and Kainai First Nations), as well as the Tsuut’ina First Nation and the Stoney Nakoda (the Chiniki, Bearspaw and Wesley First Nations). This area is also home to the Métis Nation of Alberta, Region 3. We are grateful for the stewardship of the Indigenous Peoples – past, present and future – and we honour the land itself and the people who have tended it throughout millennia. We commit ourselves to learn our rich and the sometimes painful history, aware that knowing does not change the past, but a thorough understanding of the ongoing consequences of this past can empower us in our work for a mutually just and peaceful future.
