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CRAIGARDAN

Craigardan occupies the Indigenous lands and waters of the Kanienʼkehá:ka people, keepers of the Eastern Door of the Six Nations Rotinoshoni.

We acknowledge that Kanienʼkehá:ka people still safeguard the mountains, valleys, rivers, and lakes of Kohserà:ke, as their ancestors had done for millennia.

We bring our minds together as one as we give our greetings and our thanks to the Kanienʼkehá:ka people and their relatives among the Six Nations for being on their land today.

We affirm our obligations to live in balance and harmony with each other and all living things.

We honor the Great Law of Peace and Indigenous treaties that made these life-giving spaces a shared “dish with one spoon” with Wabanaki and Anishinaabe peoples who have held these lands as sacred since time immemorial.

We recognize our Indigenous neighbors at Akwesasne Mohawk Territory, Ganienkeh Territory, Kanatsiohareke Mohawk Community, Kahnawake Mohawk Territory, Mohawks of Kanesatake, Oneida Indian Nation, Abenaki Nation at Missisquoi, the Koasek Band of the Koas Abenaki Nation, Elnu Abenaki Tribe, the Nulhegan Abenaki Tribe, and the Abenakis at Odanak as the original stewards of the land and their past, present, and future connections to their sacred spaces within the Adirondack Park.

We accept responsibility for deceptive land sales and broken treaties that enabled non-Native settlers to establish a farm on this Indigenous land more than two centuries ago.

We commit ourselves to healing the intergenerational traumas of colonization, racial discrimination, and environmental degradation through mutually beneficial alliances with our Indigenous neighbors to build sustainable systems that integrate the needs of human communities with the integrity of the natural world.

RESPONDING TO 2020

4th Annual Summit

MISSION

Craigardan is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization with a mission to encourage the human imagination to interpret the world with philosophical, ecological, and artistic perspective.

To fulfill our mission, Craigardan supports local, national, and international artists, chefs, craftspeople, farmers, scholars, and writers through residencies, social justice initiatives, and other programs.

As a founding partner of the Food Justice Working Group, Craigardan co-organized three prior FEED BACK summits which we continue today — expanding our exploration of dynamic systems and how to create positive change in our region.

SPONSORS + PARTNERS

Thank You to our incredible roster of sponsors and partners who have made this event possible, affordable, and accessible to all.

CORE TEAM

Thank You to our core planning team members including Racey Henderson, Tatiana Abatemarco, Lynn Trizna, Nancy Gildersleeve, Brittany Christenson, Courtney Shaler, and Jori Wekin; along with the Craigardan staff and board.

PHOTOGRAPHY + VIDEO

Thank You to Dan Rivera of Triple Green Jade Farm for photographing our previous three summits at The Wild Center. All photographs used in this program are in remembrance of our previous gatherings and in honor of the work that we continue to do together virtually — even during times of crisis.

This year's virtual summit will be recorded and the video will be available to all participants after the event.

BOARD Lanse Stover, President David Speert, Vice-President Lorene Garrett, Treasurer Kate Moses, Secretary Mary Barringer Allison Eddy Catherine Haskins Loren Michael Mortimer Andrea Volpe Frances Westley

STAFF Michele Drozd, Executive Director Janelle A. Schwartz, Co-director TaraMarie Perri, Co-director CONTACT www.craigardan.org // info@craigardan.org 518.242.6535 9216 NYS Route 9N, Elizabethtown, NY 12932