WMC & Treaty Six

We acknowledge that our church, Wildwood Mennonite, is located on Treaty 6 Territory, the land that has been and continues to be the home of the Nehiyawak, Anishinaabe, Nakota, and Dakota, and is the traditional homeland of the Michif (Metis). The Indigenous community closest to our congregation is the historic La Prairie Ronde Metis settlement.

We are grateful to these peoples for their teaching that the earth is our mother who provides all that we need to live; we recognize that we are related to all of creation, the gift of God the Creator.

Treaty 6 was signed by First Nations with the understanding that they would share the land with the settler people for mutual benefit of all as long as the grass grows, the sun shines and the rivers flow. We deeply regret the harm of colonization and the fact that we have not honoured the covenants signed, so that the settlers and we, their descendants have been and continue to be the beneficiaries of an unequal use of the land. We wish for ourselves, our Indigenous neighbours and future generations of all of us to live in peace, with equitable justice and mutual sufficiency. We express our resolve to work together to help bring about these conditions by addressing the issues that history has left to us.