As we gather here today, we recognize that we meet within the boundaries of the Head of the Lake Treaty No.14 established by the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation and the British Crown in 1806.

This Land Engagement is for the Indigenous Peoples who have inhabited and cared for this land before us for thousands of years. The Nations are the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, Haudenosaunee, Ojibway, Potawatomi, Odawa, Algonquin, Huron, Wendat, Neutral, Petun, Seneca, and Metis.

We show honour for the sun, the sky, the water, and the earth, which deserve recognition and respect as necessary elements for our lives here. The Great Tree of Peace reminds us to join together in unity — for we are all connected by its roots and in many subtle ways.