Land Acknowledgment

Green map showing the Saugeen Ojibway Nation Territory spanning from the Bruce Peninsula to Arthur, Ontario

The Tullamore Lavender Co. farm is located within the Territory of the Anishinabek Nation: The People of the Three Fires known as Ojibway, Odawa, and Pottawatomie Nations, and within the Huron Tract (Treaty 29); the Treaty lands and Territory of the Saugeen Ojibway Nation. The farm is also within the Territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. 

We give thanks to the Chippewas of Saugeen, and the Chippewas of Nawash, known collectively as the Saugeen Ojibway Nation, as the traditional keepers of this land. 

Our acknowledgement also serves as a declaration of our responsibility to this place and its peoples’ unique histories, rights, and presence. We support the “Calls to Action” from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, including holding governments accountable and answering to the 92nd Call to Action (Business and Reconciliation).

We are committed to holding ourselves accountable for connecting with and learning from our local Indigenous community members, as well as supporting reconciliation and Indigenous sovereignty. As part of this, we publicly support the Saugeen Ojibway Nation's treaty claims. 

As we learn and expand our understanding, this Land Acknowledgment and our actions to support reconciliation and Indigenous sovereignty have and continue to evolve. Currently, we make an annual donation of 1%  (or more) of all TLC sales to the Saugeen Ojibway Nation Food Bank.

We encourage all people visiting + residing within Canada to explore their own ways to support reconciliation.

This land has been home and traditional territory to other Indigenous people since time immemorial. All of Canada resides on traditional, unceded and/or treaty lands of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples.

Some further reading + resources: