I would like to acknowledge that Birch & Oak is owned and operated on Treaty 6 territory—the traditional and ancestral territory of the Cree, Dene, Blackfoot, Saulteaux and Nakota Sioux. I acknowledge that this territory is home to the Métis Settlements and the Métis Nation of Alberta, Regions 2, 3 and 4 within the historical Northwest Métis Homeland. I am grateful for the traditional Knowledge Keepers and Elders who are still with us today and those who have gone before. I make this acknowledgement as an act of reconciliation and gratitude to those on whose territory I reside and work.