Local acknowledgement

Territorial Land Acknowledgement

This project is digital, but it is not placeless. YEG Support is made in Edmonton, shaped by this place, and offered in service to people living here even without a public office, storefront, or campus.

Edmonton Treaty 6 territory amiskwaciwaskahikan

amiskwaciwaskahikan Approximate pronunciation: ah-miss-kwa-chee-wah-skah-hee-gun. If you know a better local way to say it, I would genuinely appreciate the correction.

Built here, accountable here, and meant to be useful here.

Place

Edmonton is part of the page.

This acknowledgement stays rooted in the city and the territory the work comes from.

Responsibility

Local work should name local ground.

Even a small digital project can be clear about where it is made and who it serves.

Continuance

This is meant to be lived, not decorative.

The goal is honesty, usefulness, and a visible relationship to place.

Statement

This is the center of the page: a plain-language acknowledgement shaped for this project and this city.

I acknowledge that this project is created and maintained in Edmonton, also known as amiskwaciwaskahikan, on Treaty 6 territory.

This is the traditional meeting ground, gathering place, and travelling route of many Indigenous Peoples, including the Cree, Saulteaux, Blackfoot, Metis, Dene, and Nakota Sioux.

Even without a physical operating site, I think it is important to name the land this work comes from, the communities it serves, and the histories that continue to shape life in Edmonton.

What this is not

This is not an institutional statement from a university, employer, campus, or government body. It is a project-level acknowledgement for a small local site trying to speak plainly about where its work comes from.

Why Treaty 6 matters here

Edmonton is not separate from Treaty 6. The city sits inside that living context, and so does any local project built here.

Naming Treaty 6 is one way to be more specific about place instead of talking about land in a vague or symbolic way.

Why this page exists

I did not want to borrow another institution's statement when this project is its own thing. A local acknowledgement should match the scale and honesty of the work behind it.

What this means here

For YEG Support, this means trying to make finding help a little clearer while recognizing that access, safety, and care are still shaped by colonial systems on this land too.

Learn more

Treaty No. 6 history From the Confederacy of Treaty No. 6 First Nations City of Edmonton: Indigenous Ward Naming Knowledge Committee How the city approached naming, place, and Indigenous knowledge in public life. City of Edmonton: Indigenous Framework Artworks Public-facing Indigenous artworks and framework context connected to Edmonton. Indigenous Edmonton Directory Start from the City of Edmonton's Indigenous Relations Office page, which links out to local Indigenous organizations, supports, and community contacts.

Plainly put

A local digital project still comes from somewhere. For me, naming Treaty 6 and amiskwaciwaskahikan is one way of being honest about where this work is made and who it is meant to serve.

It does not replace deeper work, but it does make the page more truthful about place, responsibility, and who this project is trying to be accountable to while helping people navigate support in Edmonton.