Inn from the Cold’s commitment to reconciliation starts with acknowledging our immense honour and privilege of living and working within the Treaty 7 region.

We recognize that the Blackfoot name of this place, where the Bow River meets the Elbow River, is Moh’kinstsis (MOH-kin-stiss) which we now call the city of Calgary. The Îethka Nakoda Wîcastabi (ee-YETH’-kah nah-COH’-dah WHISK’-ah-tah-bay) First Nations refer to this place as Wicispa Oyade (weh-CHIS’-spa oh-YAH’-day) and the people of the Tsuut’ina (Soot-tenna) nation call it Guts-ists-I (GOOT’-sis). The Métis call the Calgary area Otos-kwunee (oh-TUSS’ – kwanee).

We would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the traditional and ancestral territory and oral practices of the people of the Treaty 7 region in Southern Alberta. This includes: the Blackfoot Confederacy, made up of the Siksika (Seeg-see-kah), Piikani (Pee-gah-nee), and Kainai (G-ai-nah) First Nations; the Iyarhe (Stoney) Nakoda (ee-YAR-hee NAH-coda) First Nations, comprised of the Chiniki (Chin-ick-ee), Bearspaw, and Goodstoney First Nations; and the Tsuut’ina (Soot-tenna) First Nation. The city of Calgary is also homeland to the historic Northwest Métis and to the Otipemisiwak (Oti-pe-MES-se-wa) Métis Government, Métis Nation Battle River Territory (Nose Hill Métis District 5 and Elbow Métis District 6).

We acknowledge all the many First Nations, Métis, and Inuit whose footsteps have marked these lands for centuries.