LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

KULTREBEL was created in Tiohtià:ke, the land most know as Montréal. This has never been neutral ground. For thousands of years it has been a gathering place, a crossroads where nations met to trade, share stories, and shape culture long before anyone called it a city. It is the traditional and unceded territory of the Kanien’kehà:ka (Mohawk), one of the nations of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. Tiohtià:ke has also long been a meeting place for the Anishinaabeg and other First Peoples, a site of exchange and conflict, survival and renewal. That history didn’t vanish with colonization; it is still alive in the languages spoken, the knowledge carried, and the communities who continue to shape this place today.

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As a team, we recognize that the arts and culture we write about and celebrate doesn’t exist in a vacuum. It unfolds on land with a history older and deeper than the scenes, movements, and stories we cover. We acknowledge this not as a box to check but as a responsibility, to learn, to listen, and to reflect on how stories are told, who gets heard, and whose voices risk being silenced.

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KULTREBEL makes this acknowledgment with respect, with gratitude, and with the understanding that we are guests here, and that honoring this land means committing to more than words.