As a settler who is living and working on this land, I acknowledge Calgary / Mohkinstsis (MOH-kin-stiss) as the traditional territories of the peoples of the Treaty 7 region in Southern Alberta.  This includes the Blackfoot First Nation tribes of Siksika, the Piikuni, the Kainai, the Stoney Nakoda First Nations tribes of Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Wesley and the Tsuut’ina First Nation and the Metis Nation of Alberta, Region 3.  I am so grateful for the generosity and wisdom of traditional knowledge-keepers and elders who continue to protect and honour this land through their teachings and ceremony and I acknowledge my ongoing responsibility to take active steps in the process of reconciliation and healing of all peoples.