Chapter 3: Land and Centring Ourselves in the Context of Turtle Island

Chapter Overview

This chapter focuses on the sacredness of land to Indigenous people and the place land acknowledgements can have in coming to understand the role of non-Indigenous people in reconciling with the taking of land and the restoration of right relationships with one another. A Dish with One Spoon treaty is looked to as a symbol for how we can live together sharing the resources of the land. The creation story in the Elder Teaching offers an invitation to live in gratitude and reciprocity with all our relations. Reflective questions and activities based on the four quadrants of the Medicine Wheel are provided, along with further recommended material for viewing, listening, and reading.