We acknowledge that we practice in the traditional, unceded territory of the First Nations of the West Kootenay and Boundary regions: the Sinixt (Lakes), the Ktunaxa (Kutenai), the Syilx (Okanagan), the Secwepemc (Shuswap) people and all original peoples who inhabited, stewarded and protected this land before us. We are grateful and honored to live, work and gather in these territories. 
 

Acknowledging territory is a way of honoring and showing respect to the First Nations peoples who inhabited, stewarded and protected this land before settlement and before us.