Land Acknowledgement

Land Acknowledgement

Carnelian Web Services is located on the Haldimand Tract, part of the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit. The Haldimand Tract was purchased from the Mississaugas of the Credit and given to the Hodínöhšö:ni:h in recognition of their service to the British Crown during the American Revolution.

Several treaties govern the land in this area.

I gratefully acknowledge the sovereignty and stewardship of the Mississaugas of the Credit and Hodínöhšö:ni:h First Nations.

I offer a 10% discount on my products and training for Indigenous customers.

See also our Anti-Racist Action Plan.

Decorative image of a carnelian gem lodged in tree bark.

Indigenous Resources

Below is a list of websites where you can learn more about Indigenous culture and issues; most of them are written by Indigenous people.

If you only have time to interact with a few things on this list, check out the ones with a star next to them.🌟

Canada

“Indigenous peoples quickly found themselves living in an evershrinking bubble. Under the new dominion paradigm imported from Europe, Indigenous peoples no longer had the right to self-determine. The Indian Act imposed vast restrictions on nearly all aspects of the lives of First Nations peoples, while both Métis and Inuit communities underwent oppression, relocation, dispossession, and subjugation. Ever-increasing policies restricted social practices, including the right to ceremony, the right to determine who is and who is not a member of the community, and, most fundamentally, the right to land.” – Ry Moran

Online resources

Reports

Books

Articles

Global

Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, the UN’s Special Rapporteur for indigenous peoples, points out that indigenous land contains 80% of the world’s biodiversity, but local people are criminalised for their efforts to preserve it.