Feathers are important in many cultures. Although there are different meanings, they have always been associated with freedom and transcendence. The feather symbolizes trust, honor, strength, wisdom, power, and freedom. 

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Canada’s history caused serious harm to Indigenous people. True reconciliation and respect for Indigenous peoples means going beyond equity and inclusion and instead, acknowledging the history and legacies of colonialism. And taking stock of the ways our individual and collective actions continue those trends or reverse them.

 

Port Moody is located on territory that was never ceded or given to the Crown by the Kwikwetlem, Tsleil-Waututh, Musqueam, Squamish, Katzie, Kwantlen, Qayqayt, or Stolo Peoples. The term unceded acknowledges the dispossession of the land and the inherent rights that Kwikwetlem, Tsleil-Waututh, Musqueam, Squamish, Katzie, Kwantlen, Qayqayt, and Stolo Nations hold to the territory. It also serves as a reminder that Kwikwetlem, Tsleil-Waututh, Musqueam, Squamish, Katzie, Kwantlen, Qayqayt, and Stolo peoples have never left their territories and will always retain their jurisdiction and relationships with the territory.

 

Territory Acknowledgement

We are truly thankful to live, learn, work, and play on unceded Coast Salish Territory; the traditional and ancestral homelands of the kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (Kwikwetlem), səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), q̓ic̓əy̓ (Katzie), qʼʷa:n̓ ƛʼən̓ (Kwantlen), qiqéyt (Qayqayt), and Stó:lō (Stolo) First Peoples, and has been stewarded by them since time remembered.