We live, work and play in the fields, forests and river banks of the City of Calgary on municipal and privately-owned lands. The story, like others across North America, does not begin nor end here. The story begins with the traditional first people of the land, the people of Treaty 7 of Southern Alberta, who lived on and cared for the land for centuries. We find ourselves on uncertain ground between two parts of one story. We are finding our way, working to understand what true heart-felt reconciliation looks like.

We take our first steps toward this new story by honouring the traditional custom of welcome and by giving acknowledgement to the traditional territories of the peoples of the Treaty 7 region in Southern Alberta, which 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. Calgary is also homeland to the historic Northwest Métis and to Métis Nation of Alberta, Region 3.