Land Acknowledgement

McMaster University, the home of clothmasks.org’s editor-in-chief and of the Cloth Mask Knowledge Exchange, lies on the traditional territories recognized with the Dish with One Spoon Wampum, a treaty between the Haudenosaunee and the Anishinaabe peoples that reminds all to share and conserve our common resources. Later, the land was subject to the Between the Lakes Treaty of 1792, between the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation and the Crown. Indigenous people have walked these lands for millennia. We recognize their values and their teachings and apply them in our work: wisdom, love, respect, bravery, honesty, humility and truth.