Land Acknowledgement

The CJM is located on the territory of the Kanien'kehá:ka Nation. Tiohtiá:ke (“where the rivers meet”) – what we call Montreal – has also long been a meeting place for many Indigenous nations.

We acknowledge that the Kanien'keha:ka Nation retains legitimate jurisdiction over the lands on which we stand: European settlers displaced them from their lands and have occupied them ever since. There was never an agreement to take these lands.

The WJC supports the diverse resistance led by Indigenous nations. At the time of writing, the Kanien'keha:ka of Kahnawa:ke are fighting to reclaim 45,000 acres of land taken without their consent, while the Kanien'keha:ka of Kanehsata:ke are opposing environmental racism as a construction dump further threatens their territory.

We encourage our members to learn about the lands we stand on and to get involved in anti-colonial and Indigenous struggles and resistance in Tiohtiá:ke, Montreal, and beyond.