Acknowledgment
Lichen exists within the ancestral homelands of the Wabanaki, the People of the Dawn. Respect and gratitude is offered to the many people and ancestors whose rich histories and vibrant communities include the Abenaki, Maliseet, Mi'kmaq, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscot Nations and all of the communities who have lived here for thousands of generations. This comes with the acknowledgment and awareness of continual violations of water, territorial rights, and sacred sites.
To acknowledge the native and indigenous lands is also to speak about the human and more than human people, plants, and life-ways that exist altogether in relation. This culture is in no way only rooted in the past; rather is a vibrant part of the present and future. Members of these indigenous lands are alive and shaping the communities of this place today.
The vision and tending of Lichen is a prayer and an offering to these ancestors, the land, the sky, the winds, the fire, and the life within all creation.