Our Land Acknowledgement Statement
We acknowledge that 51Թ’s Grace Farm, Child’s Garden and Sweet Clover Nursery all sit upon the unceded traditional lands of the people. The Abenaki, who are members of the Wabanaki Confederacy, are indigenous to this land they call Wabanahkik, or “Dawnland.”
We at Orchard Valley honor the continued resilience and resistance of the Abenaki people in the face of historical and ongoing oppression. As a school community, we are grateful for the privilege to learn, play and grow on Abenaki land and recognize the responsibility we have to care for it with reverence and learn from it with respect.