land acknowledgement
We recognize that Hope Shores Alliance occupies ancestral, traditional, and contemporary lands of primarily the Anishinaabe, or the Council of Three Fires: Ojibwe (Chippewa), Odawa (Ottawa), and Huron–Potawatomi Nations and extends to Huron (Wyandot) and Sauk Tribes having honored these lands for thousands of years.
The land our organization rests on Land ceded in the Treaty of 1836, also known as the Treaty of Washington or Cession 111. Prior to this treaty, others such as the Treaty of Fort Meigs (1817) and the Treaty of Saginaw (1819) served to establish a westward expansion and left the First Nation people with fewer of their own resources, and thus unfulfilled promises of the United States, also known as Turtle Island.
Consequences of these treaties include displacement, loss of culture, and tensions between Native Tribes and the United States, which contributed heavily to numerous deaths due to violence, warfare, and disease. Even after centuries of colonial theft and violence, this land is still Indigenous and forever will be.
This Land Acknowledgment is only one small aspect of supporting First Nation communities. We hope our statement will encourage others to join us in solidarity with Native Nations. As an organization built to support survivors of human trafficking and domestic and sexual violence, we acknowledge the silence that shrouds missing and murdered Indigenous women in Michigan and across the nation. We implore you to stand in solidarity by educating yourself on the shocking epidemic that largely goes unnoticed.
Other ways to show solidarity are:
Contributing time and resources to organizations led by Indigenous people.
Elevating the voices of Indigenous leaders driving grassroots change initiatives.
Returning land.
The land our organization rests on Land ceded in the Treaty of 1836, also known as the Treaty of Washington or Cession 111. Prior to this treaty, others such as the Treaty of Fort Meigs (1817) and the Treaty of Saginaw (1819) served to establish a westward expansion and left the First Nation people with fewer of their own resources, and thus unfulfilled promises of the United States, also known as Turtle Island.
Consequences of these treaties include displacement, loss of culture, and tensions between Native Tribes and the United States, which contributed heavily to numerous deaths due to violence, warfare, and disease. Even after centuries of colonial theft and violence, this land is still Indigenous and forever will be.
This Land Acknowledgment is only one small aspect of supporting First Nation communities. We hope our statement will encourage others to join us in solidarity with Native Nations. As an organization built to support survivors of human trafficking and domestic and sexual violence, we acknowledge the silence that shrouds missing and murdered Indigenous women in Michigan and across the nation. We implore you to stand in solidarity by educating yourself on the shocking epidemic that largely goes unnoticed.
Other ways to show solidarity are:
Contributing time and resources to organizations led by Indigenous people.
Elevating the voices of Indigenous leaders driving grassroots change initiatives.
Returning land.