The Bay Area Restoration Council acknowledges that the watershed of Hamilton Harbour is the traditional territory of the Erie, Neutral, Huron-Wendat, Anishinaabek, and Haudenosaunee Peoples. The watershed is land covered by the Dish With One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant, an agreement between the Haudenosaunee and the Anishinaabek to share and care for the Great Lakes, and by the Between the Lakes Purchase of 1792 between the Crown and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation.

Striving for social-ecological health and seeking truth and reconciliation are two parallel paths towards the goal of repairing our community’s relationship with water, and in these two objectives, we have much to learn and much to do. We encourage you to follow our social media feeds and attend our events as we work to contribute to both – niá:wen and miigwech.