Land Acknowledgement

Black Women in Motion acknowledges the sacred land on which we work, known as Tkaronto and traditionally as Turtle Island, is the unceded land and ancestral territories of the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee confederacy, the Mississauga's of the Credit River, the Wendat and many diverse First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples.

We acknowledge that Tkaronto is covered by Treaty 13 with the Mississauga's of the Credit and the Williams Treaty signed with multiple Mississauga's and Chippewa bands, to peaceably share and care for the lands around the Great Lakes and its resources. We recognize and honour the many nations of Indigenous People who presently live on this land, those who have spent time here, and the ancestors who have hunted and gathered on this land known as Turtle Island.

We also acknowledge people of African descent whose ancestors were forcibly displaced as part of the transatlantic settlement and slave trade, brought against their will, and who were made to work on these lands with stolen labour.

Land Acknowledgements are only a basic, first step on the way to addressing the ongoing health inequities, systemic injustice, and genocide faced by Indigenous Peoples. We must remember that these lands are Indigenous lands and Land Back is the action that follows acknowledgment.

To truly deconstruct white supremacist structures and systems of oppression, we must return unceded Indigenous lands to their rightful caretakers. We must amplify, support, and resource all Land Back efforts. Black Women in Motion is committed to this effort, working in collaboration with Indigenous community members, artists, and organizations. 

Our struggles are interconnected with the struggles of all oppressed peoples and we recognize that Indigenous sovereignty is linked to our collective liberation.

Black Women in Motion recognizes and supports the call to action from the Final Report of the National Inquiry Into Missing And Murdered Indigenous Women And Girls, the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and the Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action.