Land Acknowledgement
Written by Barb Fabijan-Waddell, Christian Morneau, & Kate Heney
This place we call home
is familiar and comfortable
yet unknown and mysterious
full of stories not yet heard
or stories blatantly ignored
We are inhabitants, settlers, guests, travellers, seekers,
living in this place inherited from others
whose memory could inform if we listened, honoured and acted
We are all invited to open our hearts… minds… spirits…
to feel the earth beneath our feet
the caress of the breeze
the tremors of use
sometimes crossing over the threshold to misuse
We are all invited to hear
the quiet echoes of daily life
the echoes of drumming, singing, dancing, ritual
the echoes of sacred understanding
We are all invited to receive the wisdom
from stories, traditions, and teachings
stretching far back in time
Join us on this journey
of discovery
love
renewal
reconciliation
We come together on Wîcîspa, Guts’ists’i, and Moh’kinstsis,
is familiar and comfortable
yet unknown and mysterious
full of stories not yet heard
or stories blatantly ignored
We are inhabitants, settlers, guests, travellers, seekers,
living in this place inherited from others
whose memory could inform if we listened, honoured and acted
We are all invited to open our hearts… minds… spirits…
to feel the earth beneath our feet
the caress of the breeze
the tremors of use
sometimes crossing over the threshold to misuse
We are all invited to hear
the quiet echoes of daily life
the echoes of drumming, singing, dancing, ritual
the echoes of sacred understanding
We are all invited to receive the wisdom
from stories, traditions, and teachings
stretching far back in time
Join us on this journey
of discovery
love
renewal
reconciliation
We come together on Wîcîspa, Guts’ists’i, and Moh’kinstsis,
the gathering place where the Bow and the Elbow meet,
which we now call the City of Calgary.
Here, we acknowledge the traditional and ancestral territory,
culture, and oral practices of the Treaty 7 signatories
which includes the Siksika Nation, Piikani Nation, Kainai Nation,
Îethka Stoney Nakoda Nation,
consisting of the Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Good Stoney Bands,
and the people of the Tsuut’ina Nation.
We also recognize the Métis people of Alberta Region 3
who call Treaty 7 their home.
Finally, we acknowledge our responsibility as Treaty people
to protect and honour all nations,
genders and spirits who live, work, play,
and sing on this territory.
which we now call the City of Calgary.
Here, we acknowledge the traditional and ancestral territory,
culture, and oral practices of the Treaty 7 signatories
which includes the Siksika Nation, Piikani Nation, Kainai Nation,
Îethka Stoney Nakoda Nation,
consisting of the Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Good Stoney Bands,
and the people of the Tsuut’ina Nation.
We also recognize the Métis people of Alberta Region 3
who call Treaty 7 their home.
Finally, we acknowledge our responsibility as Treaty people
to protect and honour all nations,
genders and spirits who live, work, play,
and sing on this territory.