Land Acknowledgement
Ctrl acknowledges that our field operations, data collection, and site work take place on the traditional territories of Indigenous Peoples. We recognize the enduring relationship these Nations have with the lands and waters where we work, and we commit to conducting our operations with respect, partnership, and care.
Ontario, Canada
We operate on the traditional territories of the Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee, Huron-Wendat, and the Mississaugas of the Credit. These lands are covered by treaties including the Williams Treaties and are subject to the Dish With One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant — an agreement between the Anishinaabe, Mississaugas, and Haudenosaunee to peaceably share and care for the lands and resources around the Great Lakes.
Alberta, Canada
We work on Treaty 6, Treaty 7, and Treaty 8 territories — the ancestral and traditional lands of the Blackfoot Confederacy (Siksika, Kainai, and Piikani Nations), the Tsuut'ina Nation, the Stoney Nakoda Nations (Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Goodstoney), the Cree, Dene, Saulteaux, and Nakota Sioux peoples. Alberta is also the homeland of the Métis Nation of Alberta, whose people have deep and enduring connections to these lands.
British Columbia, Canada
We operate on the traditional, ancestral, and largely unceded territories of over 200 First Nations across British Columbia, including the Coast Salish peoples — the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations — as well as the Lekwungen-speaking peoples, the Syilx (Okanagan), Secwépemc, Nlaka'pamux, Tsilhqot'in, Dakelh, and the Haida, Nisga'a, and Tsimshian Nations of the coast. We recognize that much of this province remains unceded land.
Manitoba, Canada
We work on Treaty 1, Treaty 2, Treaty 3, Treaty 4, and Treaty 5 territories — the ancestral lands of the Anishinaabeg, Ininiwak (Cree), Anisininewuk (Oji-Cree), Dakota Oyate, and Denesuline peoples, and the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Winnipeg sits at the crossing of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers, a gathering place of Indigenous Nations for millennia.
Saskatchewan, Canada
We operate on Treaty 2, Treaty 4, Treaty 5, Treaty 6, Treaty 8, and Treaty 10 territories — the traditional lands of the Cree (Nêhiyawak), Saulteaux, Dene, Dakota, Lakota, and Nakota peoples, and the homeland of the Métis. We honour the spirit and intent of the numbered treaties as agreements to share these lands.
New Brunswick, Canada
We work on the traditional unceded territory of the Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet), Mi'kmaq, and Peskotomuhkati (Passamaquoddy) peoples. This territory is covered by the Treaties of Peace and Friendship, which did not surrender land or resources but recognized Mi'kmaq and Wolastoqiyik title and established the rules for an ongoing relationship between nations.
Nova Scotia, Canada
We operate in Mi'kma'ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi'kmaq people. This territory is covered by the Treaties of Peace and Friendship first signed in 1725. We are all Treaty people, and we honour the Mi'kmaq Nation's enduring stewardship of these lands and waters.
Prince Edward Island, Canada
We work on Epekwitk, the traditional unceded territory of the Mi'kmaq people, part of the greater territory of Mi'kma'ki. The Island has been home to the Mi'kmaq for over 12,000 years, and the Epekwitnewaq Mi'kmaq continue their deep relationship with this land, covered by the Treaties of Peace and Friendship.
Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
We operate on the traditional territories of diverse Indigenous Peoples — the island of Newfoundland is the ancestral homeland of the Mi'kmaq and Beothuk, and Labrador is the traditional and ancestral homeland of the Innu of Nitassinan, the Inuit of Nunatsiavut, and the Inuit of NunatuKavut. We honour the memory of the Beothuk people and the continuing presence of Indigenous Nations across the province.
New Mexico, United States
We operate on the ancestral lands of the Pueblo peoples — including the nineteen Pueblos who have continuously inhabited this region for thousands of years — the Diné (Navajo Nation), and the Apache Nations, including the Jicarilla and Mescalero Apache. These Nations maintain living cultural, spiritual, and physical relationships with these lands.
Missouri, United States
We work on the ancestral lands of the Osage Nation, the Missouria (Niúachi), the Otoe, the Ioway, the Kickapoo, the Quapaw, the Delaware (Lenape), and the Shawnee peoples, as well as lands connected to the Illinois Confederacy. Though many of these Nations were forcibly removed from Missouri, their historical and cultural ties to these lands endure.
Arizona, United States
We work on the ancestral and present-day lands of the Diné (Navajo Nation), the Hopi, the Apache Nations (including the San Carlos and White Mountain Apache), the Tohono O'odham Nation, the Akimel O'odham (Pima), the Pee-Posh (Maricopa), the Hualapai, the Havasupai, the Yavapai, and the Colorado River Indian Tribes. Arizona is home to twenty-two federally recognized Tribal Nations whose stewardship of these lands continues today.
Our Commitment
Beyond acknowledgement, we seek meaningful engagement with Indigenous communities where we operate — through consultation before site work, respect for culturally significant areas in our flight and data-collection planning, and partnership opportunities in the work we deliver.