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INDIGENOUS LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
WE BEGIN BY ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THE HOME OF: THE ONTARIO PARANORMAL SOCIETY IS LOCATED ON THE CEDED & UNCEDED LANDS THAT HAVE BEEN INHABITED BY INDIGENOUS PEOPLE FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS.
BRANT / BRANTFORD / WATERLOO & NORFOLK COUNTIES ARE LOCATED ON THE TRADITIONAL TERRITORIES OF THE HAUDENOSAUNEE (HOE-DEN-NO-SHOW-NEE) , ANISHNAABE (ANISH-NAH-BAY) NEUTRAL, & MISSISSAUGAS OF THE CREDIT.
THIS LAND IS PART OF THE “DISH WITH ONE SPOON” TREATY BETWEEN THE HAUDENOSAUNEE AND ANISHNAABE PEOPLES. IT SYMBOLIZES THE AGREEMENT TO SHARE, & PROTECT OUR RESOURCES & NOT ENGAGE IN CONFLICT.
FROM THE HALDIMAND PROCLAMATION OF OCT. 25, 1784, THIS TERRITORY IS DESCRIBED AS: “SIX MILES DEEP FROM EACH SIDE OF THE GRAND RIVER, BEGINNING AT LAKE ERIE AND EXTENDING TO THE HEAD OF THE GRAND RIVER, WHICH THEY AND THEIR POSTERITY ARE TO ENJOY FOREVER.” THE PROCLAMATION WAS SIGNED BY THE BRITISH WITH THEIR ALLIES, THE SIX NATIONS, AFTER THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
TODAY, THIS IS STILL THE HOME TO MANY INDIGENOUS PEOPLE FROM ACROSS TURTLE ISLAND AND WE ARE GRATEFUL TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK, LIVE AND PLAY ON THIS LAND.
