land Acknowledgement
We respectfully acknowledge the southern watershed of Manidowizaagaiagin (Spirit Lake), Georgian bay and Wayaseyaaguning (Shining Lake) Simcoe and centrally Lake Couchiching waters and lands that have historically sustained the lives of Wendat and Anishinaabe-Anishinaabeg including the Ojibwe, Odawa and Pottawatomi Nations, collectively known as the 3 Fires Confederacy of the Anishinabek and centrally, Rama First Nations, keepers of the fishing weirs. These sacred lands and waterways are recognized in the Robinson-Huron Treaty, Williams Treaties and J. Collins land purchase. Recognizing all Nations gathered and living here today from across Turtle Island including Haudenosaunee, Metis and Inuit peoples.
