The Sanctuary

core programs take place within an idyllic Nature setting leased from and stewarded by the First Nations people to whom it belongs, A challenge will be in finding donors who are aligned with the Centre's principles. We would not wish to be a vehicle for greenwashing a company that violates human rights or manufactures toxic products. The "white savior", commercialized RED campaign videos are an example of what I would hope PLCC would not need to resort to for funding, nor to a tobacco company or environmental polluter. One strategy is to research companies for their ethics and practices, as well as examine their donor history before approaching. Another is to approach celebrities who have fund raised for HIV/AIDS, and who would like a permanent legacy. An example of a celebrity creating a centre (for musicians) that isn't high profile but functional, is Sarah McLachlan's School of Music, which has been for years providing quality education for children at 0 cost in three cities. Companies and wealthy individuals regularly seek opportunities to invest in social justice projects and in tax write offs. They can also be of significant benefit in assisting with management practicalities, as successful companies often have the best consultants.The land, 100 forested acres, will be purchased by PLCC, gifted back to the Indigenous tribe who historically are its stewards, and leased in perpetuity from this tribe. Tribal members are considered first for our unionized and contract positions, with the proviso the employee agrees with our policies and to take our trainings. Tribal members have exclusive access to the northern stream on the property for purposes of fishing, and to the whole of the land for activities of gathering wood, fungi and medicinal plants in a sustainable, traditional manner. Governmental Parks authorities coceptualized and enforced our parks to be "safe" from Indigenous people and their activities; PLCC will do its small part to reverse this little-known aspect of genocide and appropriation. Settlers must confine gathering activities to the Food Forest. How Indigenous fishers and gatherers will be identifiable to to others (so that settlers can be halted if appropriating Indigenous resources), will be worked out with a tribal committee. PEER NAVS cda cnsl food forest rape relief

Equine importation was highly impactful. The prevailing theory is that the Spaniards introduced horses into New Mexico in the late 1500’s, and thus horses spread throughout the Americas. This allowed Plains Indigenous people much greater latitude in travel and trade, and efficiency in buffalo hunting. Riders were more formidable in war, and some tribes gained power over others. Horses allowed the Sioux to dominate territory from the Black Hills to the Mississippi River.[1]

     However, there is abundant geologic evidence, and oral Indigenous histories that the modern form of equine has been present since the Pliocene Epoch. Spanish written records indicate that Indigenous peoples in the Carolinas and Georgia had horses in 1521. Oral Indigenous histories have been consistently discounted by academics, and written descriptions by invaders portray small, pony-like mounts bearing little physical and behavioral resemblance to the Conquistadors’ majestic animals. Nor would the sheer number of horses witnessed throughout the Americas have been able to proliferate within asserted time frames. Multiple pre-Columbian horse figurines and carvings found in geological expeditions, have been dismissed due to bias.[2]  Cree people are conserving the descendants of the Ojibwe Horse, whom they state have always been with them. DNA testing has proven them to be of different genetics than the Spanish horses.[3] There are three main Eurocentric reasons to falsely deem horses as solely an imported species: their value to the North American economy in meat export, the value of slaughter as a disposal system for race and sport horse breeders,[4] and pressure from the cattle industry to use public rangelands exclusive of wild horses. While conservationists fight to protect them, mustangs are rapidly disappearing.[5]