Treehouse Village Ecohousing is located in Sin So’sepe’katik, also known as Bridgewater, in the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq peoples.

The Covenant Chain of Peace and Friendship Treaties between the Wabanaki Confederacy (that included the Mi’kmaq nation) and the British Crown was created throughout the eighteenth century; the first was signed in 1725, and the last in 1779. These treaties were negotiated nation to nation and, through them, the Mi’kmaq never ceded their land title nor other rights. Treaty rights were recognized and affirmed in the 1982 Constitution Act. We are, in fact, all treaty people.

At Treehouse Village Ecohousing, we stand witness to the harmful and persistent acts of discrimination against Indigenous peoples and we recognize our privilege. With Mi’kmaq friends and neighbours, we will work together to understand our role in reconciling the past so we might live together in a better future.

We are grateful to be living on this land. We promise to be good stewards and to listen to the land wisdom of the Mi’kmaq people. We commit to living in peace and seeking means of reconciliation with all whose families have walked this land.