1.1 Acknowledgements

1.1 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors of this document would like to acknowledge that they are settlers and uninvited guests on the land in question. They acknowledge that the area called Vancouver is within the unceded Indigenous territories belonging to the xwmwθkəyəm (Musqueam), Sḵwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səlílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Peoples (MST). Furthermore, they recognize that the colony of British Columbia was created through organized dispossession and colonial violence, that they have personally benefited from this dispossession, and seek to participate in the land sovereignty and decolonization process through this project iteration. It is their ultimate recommendation that care of the land be returned to MST and that all proposals be discussed with and approved by the Land Stewards as is customary in MST traditions.

Figure 1: ‘The Grateful Heron’ by James (Nexw’Kalus-Xwalacktun) Harry and Lauren Brevner, 2018. (https://www.jamesharry.ca/projects) INTRODUCTION

Nicole Dulong (She/Her)

Nicole was born and raised in what is now known as Toronto, ON, which is Treaty 13 territory, the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenoshonee, and the Wendat Peoples. She is an uninvited guest and settler, currently living and studying on the unceded and ancestral homeland of the xʷməθkʷəyəm (Musqueam), Sḵwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səlílwətaʔ/ Selilwitulh (TsleilWaututh) Nations.

Samantha Miller / רַׁחַש

(She/Her)

Samantha was born and raised in what is now known as Winnipeg, MB, on Treaty 1 territory, which is the traditional territory of the Anishinaabeg, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota and Dene Peoples, and the homeland of the Métis Nation. She is an uninvited guest and settler, currently living and studying on the unceded and ancestral homeland of the xʷməθkʷəyəm (Musqueam), Sḵwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səlílwətaʔ/ Selilwitulh (TsleilWaututh) Nations.

Reece Milton

(He/Him)

Reece was born and raised in what is now known as Georgetown, ON, on Treaty 19 territory, the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the New Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the Haudenoshonee, and the Huron-Wendat Peoples. He is an uninvited guest and settler, currently living and studying on the unceded and ancestral homeland of the xʷməθkʷəyəm (Musqueam), Sḵwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səlílwətaʔ/ Selilwitulh (TsleilWaututh) Nations.

Figure 2: Map excerpts from Coming Home to Indigenous Place Names in Canada, Dr. Margaret Pearce, 2018