For thousands of years indigenous peoples have walked on this land in their own country. Their relationship with the land is at the center of their lives, land is ceremony. We live in the traditional territory of the Cree, Salteaux and Assiniboine first nations – in the area most recently defined as treaty 6, and the homeland of the Metis and we acknowledge their stewardship of this land throughout the ages, and recognize the benefits we have received.