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Land Acknowledgement

Definitely Not Famous is produced in Sin So’sepe’katik (sin-SO-say’bay-a-tik), known today as Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, which is on the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq people,

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.  

Treaty rights were recognized and affirmed in the 1982 Constitution Act. We are all treaty people.

These agreements were fundamentally different from land cession treaties, instead establishing principles of coexistence, mutual recognition, and ongoing nation-to-nation relationships that the Mi’kmaq maintain were never surrendered or extinguished. The contemporary significance of these treaties has been repeatedly affirmed by Canadian courts, most notably in the 1999 Marshall decision, which recognized constitutionally protected commercial fishing rights based on 18th-century treaty provisions, demonstrating the living nature of these historical agreements and their continued relevance to contemporary Indigenous rights and sovereignty.

As a podcaster, I am committed to honouring this relationship. I will actively work with our Mi’kmaq friends and neighbours to create a space for learning, share stories, and support the work of reconciliation. By understanding our shared history, we can help build a better future together.