 Hi everybody, we're gonna get started. So welcome to the land you live on Need a plan digital with steam mccray. We'll get started with a session in just a minute or so I Just wanted to walk us through the format for today First of all, my name is Emily Reno and I'm when the I work at the Center for Teaching Learning and Technology with another of my colleagues Amy Perot and we have a couple of support staff here helping us with the session today My role is a senior educational consultant at the Center for Teaching Learning and Technology at UBC on This unceded territorial lands of the Musqueam people. I'm coming from you today from East Vancouver and The start to my learning journey in land acknowledgments has been learning to kind of position myself Who I am where I am and where my learning takes place And just as a side note, I was I was born in Montreal on the near the St. Lawrence River and As a young perennial years ago, I attended elementary school on high school there as well as university And the education I received way back then was very different to what it is now in terms of a respectful Acknowledgement of First Nation was was not the norm. So when I met with Christine and Amy a few months ago I discovered the native dot land dot ca website which we'll cover today And that gave me a very new perspective on where I'd grown up on the the territory the kind of the The multiple territories I'd grown up on in Montreal and we'll look at that and explore that in the session today So I do encourage you to not only explore the lands you are working on now But perhaps you may not have grown up in Vancouver and you come from other parts of Potentially Canada or the US. So the native land site is exceptionally interesting. It really provides you with a new perspective on On where you are now and perhaps where you grew up. So For today, we're all in the collaborate ultra space So on the screen right now, we have a little bit of a screenshot of what we're going to be using today how we're going to proceed For the session today, there's a lot of us in the session and more people are coming in so We are going to proceed as follows First of all the session is being recorded. So You can certainly watch a recap of this later. We'll let you know how to find that recording The session today if everybody could please ensure their mic is off and the camera is off So we're not going to be using those features today as Christine and a proceed through the session We are going to actually ask you to hold off with your questions at the end of the session We've built in a lot of times the end offerings for some interactivity. So if you have questions, please do save them to the end and What we're gonna ask you to do is there is on the right hand side There's a collaborate panel. You should see a purple button here If you don't see that please click on that it will open up your collaborate panel I'm just sort of doing a little square on that and we will be using the chat feature for your questions So again, maybe drop them down on a piece of paper and then hold off posting them until we kind of give you the all-ok to post your questions So I think I Think that's probably about it. Can Amy. Can I pass that over to you? Yeah, I'm Yeah, I'm ready to go here Tonshi Kiyomaten Amy Perot Dishinikashon Musqueam Squamish celebrity traditional ancestral and unceded territories new weekend Hello, and good morning everyone My name is Amy Perot and I live on the ancestral unceded territories And homelands of the Musqueam Squamish and Salewa to its nations I introduced myself in my traditional language, which is Machif and I'm proudly Red River Metis on my father's side and mixed European ancestry on my mom's side And I'm really excited today to welcome back. I can save my friend now Christine McCrae Thank you Christine for joining us again today. This is the second time that we welcome Christine back The session as Emily mentioned is the land you live on native land digital Yes, thanks Christine for your generosity and for joining us again today and welcome everyone to the session my role at the Center for Teaching Learning Technology is I'm a senior strategist for indigenous initiatives and I'm really glad that you're here. I'm really glad that you're here to join us in this conversation today So We have we have a little bit of an agenda today. We're going to do some introductions I'll pass it over to Christine to introduce herself in just a moment Christine is going to be talking about native land and the concept territory So we'll sit tight and put our listening ears on for that And then Christine's also going to talk a little bit about how to use the native land resource and we'll have some time for questions and answers Yes, so I'm going to just pass it over to you Christine. We're all ears and Looking forward to the conversation today and what you're going to be sharing with us. Hi, everybody So I'm going to start out by introducing myself in my language, which is an issue of the win Quenny Bojo, Christina Dishnaka, I was Kzibi I do Jack and Odem. Oh mama with an English now they quendow and so what that translates out to is Quay is the Algonquin way of saying hello I mean is the Ojibwe way of saying hello and most of my elders and teachers are Ojibwe so honoring them and the role They've played in my life Bojo is Traditional more like a ceremonial greeting that that I tend to include when I introduce myself so Quenny Bojo Christina Dishnaka Christine is my name Mad was Kzibi don't you bash? So I am from the Madawasca river My people are the Madawascarini Algonquins, particularly those from the headwaters I'm from the crane clan and oh mama when any anishinaabe quendow means that I am an Algonquin woman so I am also of Settler ancestry including Irish Scottish and Polish and Those people were some of the first settlers to end up in this Madawascarini territory where I live today So to give you a bit of background of who I am I also In addition to my role with native land digital I own two indigenous knowledge-based companies One is a consulting company and the other one is more focused in tourism I've worked as an archaeologist and orator. I Have worked as an educator and I've also worked in the realm of indigenous politics I spend most of my time outdoors and I poke around in my garden a lot and and really focus on medicinal plants I'm currently working on running a history of the Madawascarini Algonquin people The research is what takes a long time and somewhere around 15 to 18 years into this project I'm also currently starting my master's degree in indigenous studies from Trent University in September now in February I accepted the role of executive director with native land digital and Actually prior to accepting this role. I had used Native land while I was working as an educator So it was to To show Algonquin people and also non indigenous people in this territory The extent of our territories and how those territory lines may have been altered over time And also who are closest neighbors would be in the deep relationships that have existed and since time immemorial Now I will say that since since I accepted this role of executive director. It's been really really great to get to know where native land digital Started and is as well learning all of the people who work tirelessly behind the scenes Do you want to say thank you to to Amy, Emily and for everyone at UBC? Thank you for inviting me to join you again I do really appreciate all the technological help that goes on behind the scenes. That is not my forte So thank you for making this possible native land is is very thankful and very excited about this This relationship that's been with with UBC and certainly it's been it's been lovely chatting with any too So we have developed quite a friendship So I feel very very thankful for that especially in a time when it's so hard for all of us to To connect face-to-face. We're only able to do it digitally So on to the the topic of territory acknowledgments Um When thinking about territories or at least a place that we lived often people do not Realize that the history of a place goes back a very long time. So in the case of Algonquin territory my family has been here for many many many generations and at least 10,000 years So I curve along the shores of the Madawask River I'm very lucky to live in that place that my ancestors have been since time immemorial and no matter where I have lived There's always been something that has brought me back to this place I'm very thankful that I can look my window and see the place that my ancestors have always been So Madawask rainy people as with every indigenous group We have been shaped by the land that we live on we have not only survived But we have also thrived because of this land So around 1700 my ancestors began submitting petitions to the crown to allow for our ability to remain in our territory Although we had been forced to submit these petitions. Most of them were flat-out ignored but my ancestors persevered and Were able to stay here. So the big The big issue I guess issue might not be the correct word But if you were to look on a map of where I live, you'll see that there is this big mass of land That is set aside called Algonquin Park and my ancestors That was our traditional homeland and in 1893 we were forcibly removed and The reason why this place on the Madawask River where I'm living now is so special to me is because no matter what we have remained here My ancestors persevered they decided to stay in this place even though it led to so many other implications Even as far as our identity Most of us are non-status Algonquins because we refuse to go to a reserve and to leave this place We have called home But my ancestors fought and they did this they stayed in this place because they dreamt of me They dreamt of these present generations these people that would come after them That's that's why I am able to still be here now So this work that I do both with native land and with my own my own consulting work I am able to teach people about About this land about our stories about our people and create a space as well for other indigenous people to do the same thing And this is how I acknowledge my territory and my ancestors So as we're going through this session, I ask you to consider whose territory you are on Wondering if you know the stories of the land if you know the people that are there if you have Relationships with the people that that have always been in that place And also, it's my hope that native land can help you to at least start to to answer those questions so to give a bit of history of native land it started in 2014 when Or in Vancouver BC when founder Victor Temparano who is non-indigenous began to more deeply consider People's history of the landscape in BC and he created a digital platform that mapped indigenous territories languages and place names Beginning in North America and then since then it's extended over time so from It's it's humblest beginnings in 2014 to present day in 2020 Native land has become a registered Canadian not-for-profit We're governed by an indigenous board of directors. They have hired me an indigenous executive director and it's also Supported by an advisory council and a few contract staff members Native land is available as both a web and an app resource It offers information in on indigenous territories in almost 30 different countries representing thousands of indigenous Making those maps publicly able we directly address the issues of indigenous Marginalization and lack of knowledge of indigenous histories and territories. So at present We're really focused on adding territories in in central and south America And we're also really focused on adding indigenous languages to the map So speaking to the concept of territory For indigenous people, there's no disconnect between us and the land This connection is inherently spiritual and is a basis for ways of being and our ways of knowing and often It's not only a space for us to live, but it also forms our connection to our ceremonies. It is at the most It there's almost no word really in the English language to describe the connection that we have with the land that we come from We are we are the same part of that land It is also a source of stories and teaches us how to Responsible and respectful relationships with all other living beings both those that we can see those that we cannot see And it also teaches us that we have been put here on this land to take care of it for the next seven generations so through technology native land is able to encourage an Opportunity to educate people on that type of spiritual connection to to the land It goes far beyond property lines and discussions of history And we use technology to improve the consciousness of our relationship to the land on which we live So as We had mentioned in the agenda We will be visiting the native landsite, but before we get to that point. I do want to offer a Disclaimer so at native land we do try our very best to offer Accurate information, but we we do know that our map is not perfect So it is a constant work in progress that is written in information that is offered by both communities and individuals So if you have visited the native land site, you will know there's a lot of information on the map itself so with that amount of information you can imagine that there is always a real risk of putting any sort of incomplete or In progress information out to the public where any whether you're educators or government officials or even individuals Can choose to use it or misuse that information The risk alone doesn't belong to just native land digital But also to the people who live in those territories that we are trying to feature on the map And that's what the accuracy is even more important to us. So that being said we always offer Community participation from users including general comments fixes and requests to add Additional information or perhaps add more accurate mapping lines We are always willing to change or move or add Whatever need be for a territory long as it's verified information This turns the risk of unintentionally hurting people who live in the territories Into an inclusive digital platform that is able to affect positive change in the world We believe that it is more important than ever to listen to be patient and Practice humility and build relationships with with our community and those those connections really do go a long way So we certainly want to Hear from people if you notice that anything is not correct on the map itself So with that said let's visit the website Emily. Are you all set? I? Am yeah, give me one minute go right ahead Okay, so This is basically a very short version of the disclaimer that I had offered earlier So to move beyond that disclaimer, you can simply click the X in the upper right corner or click the go-to map so It's a little bit fuzzy, but we'll work beyond that so on the left side of the screen you will see that there are Some things that say territories languages or treaties and we refer to those as the toggles So you can choose to view the map under any of these delineations So for the sake of today's session will remain under territories, which it's on now When you visit the site it yourself, I encourage you to play along with the toggles and see how the map changes While you go through So I thought it best to use my own nation as a bit of an example to show you how native land works So to go directly to Algonquin territory, I will get Emily to Type Algonquin in the search bar Okay, so you see a number of options that appear on the screen and I'm interested in the Algonquin Territory itself rather than the languages so we'll click the first one Which is a mama when any walk so that's the Algonquin word for Algonquin people so we can select that and That will bring you to Algonquin territory now this Algonquin territory will end up in the center of the screen, but you'll notice that there are many overlapping territories This delineates different treaties that were negotiated on the territory that actually did not involve Algonquin people at all But that's another story Shared territories whether they were friendly or they were forced and you will also note that overall the territory is It's also listed as an ish nab a key Meaning that it is an ish nabic land So Emily if I can get you just a hover above the middle of the Algonquin territory So you can see that an ish nab a key on on the on the bottom there so An ish nab a key it Initial abic people it's a group of indigenous people that share a similar culture and language system So it's a bit of an umbrella term that I'll gunk when people fit under and this also includes the nipting the dripway Potawatomi and many others So that's a bit of an introduction to the territory, but I want to learn more So under the search You will see an option to Select the nation of whose territory you were on so it's on the left hand side in the blue writing So I want to go specifically to a mama win any there we go perfect So I'm going to select that and Then this will bring you yeah, hold on one minute. Okay. It's a different tab I have to share okay, and just as a sign up for people as we're loading because I'm loading off my computer My browser it may be depending on your connectivity. It may be a staggered kind of buffering so We'll provide some space to let things load I think it's this Sorry wrong one moment Sorry about that or having some difficulties Sorry one moment. I'm not sure what's happening here Okay Okay, there we are so there's a That's okay. Thank you Emily So this brings you to the resource page on the specific nation being the Algonquin nation So if you scroll down a tiny little bit You will see that there are a few websites that are listed Again giving you the option to learn more about the Algonquin nipissing our languages and Indonesian Abic territories overall So you will notice that under the maps on the right hand side You can also view a few additional sources. So just scroll down a tiny little bit And hit sources there And then this gives you a few additional ways to start your your research or start learning about About this nation itself Um now as I mentioned earlier one of the most important features of native land is the ability for individuals to give feedback So say if I were to select a certain link on this website and it brings me up to a broken link I could then submit The information that there's a correction that's needed now fixes are sent to our research assistant to add Verified content or makes required changes So um, we're going to go back to the overall map of Algonquin territory if we can do that Emily Yeah, and I'll you want the Algonquin? Yeah, if we can please Right place. Yeah, absolutely. So going back to this map Um, what I want to do is illustrate exactly what I meant by that earlier disclaimer So although native land is an excellent resource. Um, it's certainly a resource to start To start any research or any work that you might want to do So It is impossible for native land to capture every bit of information that's available out there But we do our best to um to include information that is relevant and verified and wherever possible Information that's given by the nations themselves So when looking at this map When you are not all Algonquin person or perhaps a visitor to the territory and you want to learn more You see the complexity of these layers now The layers give you a very basic understanding of what has happened or what is happening in this territory and The the thing to keep in mind is that when you visit this and you see these shapes It only gives you a bit of a face value Now To take the the disclaimer seriously Um You must again dig deeper now as an Algonquin person with extensive knowledge of our territory. I know That Algonquin territory is unseated meaning that it was never There was never an agreement made with the crown to give away land That Algonquin territory is both in Ontario and in Quebec and spans the Ottawa river itself I know that we have been here for over 10 000 years and probably longer. We're just waiting for the archaeological record to catch up with us and that Algonquin people belong to the Anishinaabic nation. I know that we have had a very A very close relationship with Nipissing people and were once governed by a chief Pawn Chimeg Anish who was actually my grandfather many generations back so Research will also tell you that there is no reserve here that we fought With those petitions I had mentioned earlier for well over 250 years for recognition of our land And those efforts are still underway today Research will show you that it is not actually claimed by the Huron-Wendat, which you see coming up on the screen now But rather throughout time those people were either some of our closest neighbors and allies But also some of those people had forcibly made their way onto our territory during something called the Beaver Wars during the fur trade It will also For the research will also show you that it is not shared Metis territory although many Algonquin people intermarried with settler families so Research will show you that the stories are much much much deeper than you can see just on the map itself It's much deeper than the lines that exist And just that reminder that native land is meant to be a tool that is used to raise awareness of indigenous land Of our histories or ways of knowing and to encourage and foster a greater understanding And relationship between indigenous and non-indigenous populations A broad goal of native land is to serve as a platform where indigenous communities can represent themselves By their own governance and their own ways of knowing so in other words native land is a resource about land and the meaning of land Not just about indigenous people but a platform for indigenous people to tell their own stories So at the most fundamental level native land was created to encourage discussions of colonization Land rights language and indigenous history that are tied to our own personal histories There are a number of tools for those types of conversations that are found on the native land website Including our territory acknowledgement which you can see at the very top there in the middle So Emily if we're able to select that Okay, so our Most people might start to become familiar with territory acknowledgments But if you're not or if you just want a bit of a refresher Territory or land acknowledgement is an act of reconciliation that involves making a statement recognizing the traditional land of And the indigenous people who have lived in a particular place often since time immemorial Acknowledging a territory is a sign of recognition and respect for indigenous peoples And is a way to insert awareness of indigenous presence and land rights in daily life Many of us are becoming more familiar with hearing that acknowledgments and they take place at the very beginning of all ceremonies presentations meetings and public events So what this resource does is encourages the user to dig a little bit deeper into what territory Acknowledgements are How we might construct our own and then it also offers critical questions and suggested resources So um, if we scroll through it basically says like why to acknowledge how to acknowledge next steps and to uh, to learn more So it also gives a few quotes from um individuals like chelsea vowell who is a mat woman She wrote a book called indigenous rights and has an absolutely incredible blog that I encourage you to check out um So one thing with territory acknowledgements that I do want to point out is We need to be aware that they can often become a token gesture rather than a meaningful practice So we all have the responsibility to consciously and continually reflect on what it means to acknowledge territory and the history of that territory as well as a legacy of Colonialism by thinking about what happened in the past As well as what changes can be made in the future to further the reconciliation process even on a very personal level um Now I I do encourage you to keep in mind that everyone is is learning and to be patient and kind to yourselves as we are learning what it is to live Um To live and practice reconciliation with indigenous people So this is um available on the site you'll see on the tab in the in the middle But I also want to talk to you a little bit about the teacher's guide. So emily if we can um Head back to the teacher's guide Now that'll be yep right on the top of the screen there Okay, so the teacher's guide It essentially shows a user how to interact at an in-depth level with a native land website In a very critical context So this guide explains that maps are mostly interpreted in a colonial context and represent a very particular way of Excuse me representing territories Which includes ownership exclusivity and power relations So you'll see on the website. There's an older teacher's guide and a newer teacher's guide So we're gonna focus on the newer teacher's guide for now Emily are we able to open that one? Okay Sorry having Connectivity issues today, which I'm sure everybody can can um can certainly understand now that we're home full time Everyone's sharing the internet heavily just a second So I'm just going to bring up the pdf is that what you're looking for. Sorry. Yes, absolutely Yeah Thanks for everybody's Today. Thank you everybody I can promise if I was doing this it would take like five times the amount of time so Okay, the teacher's guide will be Hopefully coming up now All right. Yeah, so Um, this shows you the the table of content. So everything that is contained In the in the teacher's guide. So again, it it talks about a disclaimer. Um talks about land acknowledgments are important Um, how to use the maps the pros and cons of our maps Um, and then it also lists exclusive exercises in mapping now This teacher's guide is something that is applicable from elementary school up to post secondary and really encourages the user to To kind of use as needed and you're always able to to adapt so If we can scroll to Land as a way of knowing So it should be I think page 13 if that's possible. Yeah Sorry for the roller coaster ride here. There we go So the teacher's guide encourages the user to think more critically about the ways in which we think about an interact with the land And it speaks to that concept that I talked about earlier that indigenous people We understand that the land is a living being and in influences The way in which we act with the land itself. So there's a little bit more information on that specific bit of knowledge if you're interested Um, if you scroll down to exercise 2, I'm not sure exactly which page that is but it does list basic resources and asks Questions that will have students um thinking critically About the on place that are their own place where they live Um Simple questions like do you know the name of the indigenous territory that you live on and then encourages more interactive ways of learning through maps um including Mapping the ways that they use the own their own territory that they live on um, and if you can I think we're okay. Um Now Emily are we okay to close out the teacher's guide and I will head back to My own big screen Sure So both the land acknowledgement and teacher's guide are tools that native land offers That are free to download. Um, they are available on the website only Not on our app. I don't believe But overall these tools encourage the user to to think more critically and to um To encourage an attempt to shift the colonial narrative and the ways that we think about land and mapping and private territories and and those strong delineations um so As I mentioned earlier in the presentation native land is very appreciative of our interactions with our online community Much of our information particularly the accuracy of our information can be attributed to community source knowledge and the work of volunteers so if anyone On the call or if anyone that you know Might have questions about native land or notice there is information missing or change required or say you want to contribute in some way We would love to hear from you. So I will Whenever I have a second I will put my My personal email with native land up in the chat and I encourage you Even if you just want to have a conversation or have questions about territory About native land itself or something beyond that. I can at least try to share resources with you So you are invited to engage with native land in some way Whether it's just using the resource or the website as a resource Or engage with us on social media as well Now there are numerous specific opportunities for people to To join native land in some of the work that we do You might be able to contribute as an educator Or some of your own personal knowledge Right now we are doing a bit of language work as I mentioned earlier and we are trying to Have as many indigenous languages as possible translated on our On our website. So once you visit a particular nation You'll be able to see the menu and some of the content for those nations in the actual language of each specific nation We're also looking at ways of adding the pronunciations of specific nations that will accompany the land acknowledgement guide So that when you're doing your own land acknowledgement And if you're not sure the right way to say a certain nation's name, we will do our best to provide that for you Um, we are constantly adding more territories languages and Trees to our map. So if you want to get involved with that or if you have some knowledge, we would hear from you Um map research so improving map mapping sources and extending to new areas of the world As I mentioned right now, we're focused on central and south america We are also Looking at expanding education guides and used by teachers across canada in the united states And trying to be more specific to curriculum requirements. So if that's your area of expertise, we would love to hear from you We're also really interested in discussions of how to map indigenous territories respectfully Who qualifies as an indigenous territory on a map and how to include indigenous communities directly? So that's allowing those indigenous nations to really see themselves represented on the native land digital site Um, we are also looking to engage directly with indigenous nations and our resources And also, um, if there's something that you would like to share that could be used as a blog post Maybe a thought on what does the concept of territory actually mean or how you came to Know about native land or how you use native land In your personal or professional life or just how Your understanding of territory and the indigenous people and the place that you live have somehow shifted your life We would love to hear from you for that too So native land is is working to becoming more focused More indigenous focused on our methods And representation. So whether that means new ways of mapping increased non-textual resources such as audio and people talking like we've got a bit of a Whether it's reasonable to add a storytelling layer. So people telling some Traditional stories about about the place that they are from As well as an increased ability for users to participate in the creation of the platform So that would include adding additional territories or languages and so on Um, and overall we're just working to really improve the accuracy And respectfully engaging with all indigenous communities Allowing for a more complete knowledge of of each territory So in in closing of this this part of the center, I'm doing all the talking If there's anything that I can leave you with it's the promise that this work is being done With a good heart and in a good way With the intent of bringing Goodness into the world and really fostering relationships with each other and with with our neighbors I encourage each of you to use native land as a way to learn more about the land that you live on Or the land that you come from or the land that you are new to And to know the incredibly deep and the long history of those places and the people who have been here since time in memorial I encourage you to hold space for indigenous people If you have the ability to Have an indigenous person present in your organization or wherever you might work and allow them to tell their stories Know that we we want to teach you we want to share with you. We want to be able to tell our history And I want everyone to keep in mind that we are all the the future ancestors So we have a responsibility to those next seven generations of of our descendants to do good work in this day that allows for For them to have a world that is More respectful more full of love more compassion more patience more kindness for each other And so with that, um, I want to say uh, jimmy gwych Hi chukkas. Thank you for giving me the space to share this information on native land digital with all of you And I would love to answer any questions that that you might have So if thanks christine, so if question if you do have questions, please use the chat area Yeah, I see. Hi. Hi everyone. This is Amy joining again. Um, laura Oh, just just kudos to you christine For sharing this very interesting tool and the presentation and really appreciate this knowledge and I'll just echo that as well Thank you so much christine for all that you shared with us I would really encourage folks who've been Listening today to add your questions to the chat Because whether you're joining us as a learner an educator Or just someone that is really curious Your questions actually help christine and and her colleagues at native land Kind of think through their resource and ways that they can support you in your learning journey So maybe we'll just take a minute. Please add your questions to the chat And uh, well, we've got about 15 minutes. Um for having a little bit of a discussion Amy and emily are we able to allow people to use their microphones if they're comfortable to ask questions? Absolutely. Absolutely I'm going to put my email in the chat now Okay, so we've got um A question from heather, which i'll get to in one second heather. Thank you And then i'll just take this question from laura in the chat When multiple territories are noted. Is there a specific order to the information? So, um, there's a number of territories noted So again going back to that example of algonquin territory It's best to do a little bit of additional resource or research to figure out whose territory it actually is so for Example with an algonquin unceded territory, even though it's listed as here on wendat It's actually only unceded algonquin territory. So that's a good example of how you would make sure through that extra research That you do list the appropriate territories um as well There's no like appropriate say like alphabetical or or whatever it might be But I would just be sure to be inclusive If there are multiple territories. So for example I believe that vancouver. Emily you spoke about this earlier like vancouver You have a number of intersecting territories and all of those people Should be equally mentioned and equally acknowledged and For another I have two more examples to kind of answer that question is when you're part of an organization Say like a regional organization that wants to acknowledge The the number of nations that exist across that region Again, the order doesn't necessarily matter. Just be inclusive But what I've done in the past is say the algonquin nation to the to the north the Ojibwe nation Uh to the the west and so on so forth. So just make sure that you're you're being inclusive Um, and if you do have any questions, um, again reach out. I can try my best to help specifically, but certainly Certainly we'll we'll do our best, but it's always kind of key to do that additional research That's awesome. I think um, heather has a uh A question that she's going to ask and then I'll pop back into the chat for a couple other questions that Have um been shared over to you heather Thank you. I appreciate it. Um, I guess my big my one question is just as an educator I'm just very very conscious of terminology. Is it okay to be using? The term when you're like a native land is that like just in terms of just using it with the combination of land That's okay. I just want consistency with my students to make sure that I'm that we're using the right the right terms Now are you talking about native land as the organization or native land is in land that is indigenous? Land that is indigenous and I guess as and as the organization so and or the differences between that to explain that So the proper name for the organization itself is actually native land. Um, And it can be referred to as native land digital as well. So we kind of go by both Um, when it comes to talking about territory, I would say this is the um, this is the territory Of or this is the land of um, and you can always say this is the land of the Algonquin people But if you know the name of the nation that you are Like say with Algonquin we call ourselves a model within me. So If you can and if you know You said proper terminology rather than the colloquial term that has been given to that nation It just shows that extra bit of respect Okay, that was what I wanted to confirm because that's what we that's what I've been doing But I just wanted to make sure that that didn't become like a Anyway, I just wanted to double check. Thank you. No, absolutely And I I tend to like terms change over time, right? So, um, you can say native But then the more appropriate term would be indigenous and then if you can go further and talk about the specific people That are in the area, then that is preferred. So it's kind of like in these layers Yeah, indigenous was the the term that we've been asking them not to use the other term So that's why when it came up, I wanted to double check. Okay, thank you absolutely For the question heather, um, so over to laura or sorry I'm skipping here. Julia. Julia had a question about does the resource have an instagram or twitter handle as well as the app in the website Maybe you could pop that into the chat So it's actually native land If I can spell it right So it's native land net And so that's on instagram and then I am just It's kind of weird when it's like your own phone number. You don't always necessarily call it. So you don't necessarily Twitter it's native dash land dot C a but then you can find it under native land Net as well Awesome. Thanks. Thanks, Christine. And we've got another question coming in from wafa. I hope I'm pronouncing that correctly Sorry for the basic question. If I heard correct, you mentioned forced territories Could you please elaborate on that in that case? What is the connection between a territory and a treaty? So again and just to use my own nation, which I feel the most comfortable with is So Talking about forced territories We were invaded So here on wendat invaded us at one point in time and actually forcibly took some of our territory So in sense that kind of squished us into a forced territory which we then moved back into So I talk about forced territories like as well um, even though the city of Ottawa is Unceded Algonquin territory, we are still within the nation's capital. So our territory the boundaries Not the overall boundaries like the shape of the boundaries But our territories become forced into something that we did not necessarily agree to And then the connection between a territory and a treaty So I would say it varies from nation to nation And you would have to kind of look at it on a specific Case-by-case basis So for example with Algonquin territory, it is the the place on the land that we have always or that we occupy Algonquin territory is Is delineated by the Ottawa river and its tributaries and so On the land itself we knew like this height of land or by the time we get to that river system That's a delineation of our territory and we may or may not have had agreements with our closest neighbors to whether or not we can Can go on those territories or harvest from those territories and so on As far as a treaty a treaty is something that would have been negotiated with a crown There are older agreements through something called wampum belts And again those are basically the treaties or the agreements as to how land would be Used and occupied So there there is um, I see that Amy put something in the chat About terminology and I would also encourage you to um I'm going to write the name of Chelsea vowel Who I'd mentioned before she wrote a book called indigenous rights And it's it's an absolutely excellent excellent resource that will explain that all in in great depth Thanks so much Christine. Um, we've got another question here Coming in from Danny. So Danny has been poking around native land for a while and your tutorial was quite helpful Are there local contacts for many indigenous territorial areas? Um, absolutely. We do try to list a few on the native land site, but again this points to your own role as a researcher so Google like if you know whose territory use native land as a way to identify whose territory that you're on and then kind of verify if If land Is actually that territory or if it's shared by somebody else or there's anybody who Who's also there? um, but from there you can see Who has a treaty in this area or what's the closest reserve? Or who maybe has a friendship center there? So it's always that deeper deeper research to what's in that area but certainly There are contacts and there are organizations and there are indigenous governments in in every territory Even if you might not might not know about them yet Thanks, Christine. Um, Emily is just reminding me of a question that came up from our conversations that we had in the past so It was it was something that comes up when she's meeting with faculty we do consultations with faculty all the time in our roles at CTLT and It's just this idea of understanding some of the terminology used for territory Confederacy unceded ancestral and I think that you'd mentioned there was a glossary Or something that you were working on. Can you speak to that a little bit or it might be premature and in the discussion Uh, maybe a little bit premature because I have to jog my memory on that one um Can you can you kind of ask that again for me? I Were you working on a glossary for terms such as territory confederacy unceded ancestral? Is that was that something that native land digital was going to be is that a future facing project? Or is that something that exists already? Um, it is something now whether it might sorry guys I can't I can't directly say that yes it does. I know that there are things that do exist within the The Tory acknowledgement guide, so that's a good place to start And I know that we have plans to dig a little bit deeper into the definition of like what is territory what Like what is territory? What does it mean? And so on but we do have a few resources that are are available on the website for sure And thanks so much maybe we'll just leave it another minute or so for any other questions coming in from Our online audience and posts feel free to post those in the chat And in the meantime well any of you want to ask other questions Before the session Emily and I had talked about how do you acknowledge territories when you're working in a digital space? And even though I don't have an absolute black and white here's the answer But what I would suggest is for the people who are who are posting or for the people who are um Presenting that they acknowledge the territory that they are working within and encourage others who are participating in the session To think about or learn about whose territory they are on as well Christine can I um can I add something to that? Yeah, absolutely Again, I'm only I'm only kind of bringing this up because again I have this conversation a lot with faculty because now that everyone's shifted completely online And I know we have a variety of people in this session today not all within academia, but um So this is kind of what I do in my in one of my particular online courses are doing but Uh, again, I I liked how you suggested that you can also encourage students to engage in the same conversations because now that everybody's online from around the world Um, everyone's coming in from very different territory. So having that conversation perhaps in a discussion area I think would be such such an incredible incredible exploration for people to do so Thanks, Emily. Um, Emily, I wonder if you can take us to the resources slide of the presentation that christine has prepared for us just so People viewing it can have a couple minutes to absorb some of the good sharing Um and information gathering that christine has done for the session And while you're doing that Perfect. So there's some recommended reading there That christine has shared I could put up the indigenous rights too It's a good. It's a really good resource And uh before we're closing off I might just add we have a few more events that are coming up For those folks who might be interested. I've just posted a link to all of the indigenous initiatives Events that are coming up. We have another one coming up on thursday On centering indigenous voices in online spaces And then there's one I believe it's the following week on centering indigenous voices in your core syllabus Um, so I just oh, there's one more question coming in right right before we finish and then I'll close us off So sarika asks no when I share remote meetings with members across canada I ask everyone to make their local ad acknowledgement and tell us a little bit about What they know about the land they're on okay, so more of a more of a Shared practice. Thanks for sharing that sarika And christine, I'll ask do you have any other final thoughts for us as we're closing off the session today So I just want to encourage everyone if you um if you Have any questions that are specific or even have suggestions on things that we could possibly add to the native land site Please feel free to reach out. We would absolutely love to to hear from you You can reach out by email or on any of social media platforms too and Also on the contact forum on the website somehow I will see your message But I do want to say to me glitch and thank you to everyone for joining us today Thank you so much again christine. It's always a pleasure to to learn from you and and to just have this Strengthened ongoing friendship that we've formed here. So thanks everyone for joining us today. Thanks, emily and carissa For also your contributions and your support for the session I hope everyone has a good week. The sun is shining We've got people graduating today. So it's a good day and uh, thanks for joining us