At Alberta Community Crime Prevention Association our mission statement states “bring agencies and citizens together to build safer communities and promote wellbeing for all”. In fulfilling our Mission Statement we also need to acknowledge the land which connects us to the traditional and ancestral territory of many peoples, presently subject to Treaties 6, 7, and 8. Our land acknowledgment also formalizes our partnership with First Nations, Métis, Inuit as well as rural, urban, and ethic and diverse communities, as we all work towards a common goal of Community Safety and Well Being. 

We acknowledge that what we call Alberta is the traditional and ancestral territory of many peoples, presently subject to Treaties 6, 7, and 8. Namely: the Blackfoot Confederacy – Kainai, Piikani, and Siksika – the Cree, Dene, Saulteaux, Nakota Sioux, Stoney Nakoda, and the Tsuu T’ina Nation and the Métis People of Alberta. This includes the Métis Settlements and the Six Regions of the Métis Nation of Alberta within the historical Northwest Metis Homeland. We acknowledge the many First Nations, Métis and Inuit who have lived in and cared for these lands for generations. We are grateful for the traditional Knowledge Keepers and Elders who are still with us today and those who have gone before us.

We make this acknowledgement as an act of reconciliation and gratitude to those whose territory we reside on or are visiting.