The 2025 Canadian Orienteering Festival (COF) Committee respectfully acknowledges that the maps on which we will be orienteering are situated on ancient and storied lands steeped in ceremony and history that, until recently, were occupied exclusively by people indigenous to these places.
Specifically, the Beaver Lake map for the WCOC Middle and Long events is situated on Treaty 7 land, the traditional territory of the Blackfoot Confederacy (Siksika, Kainai, and Piikani), the Tsuut’ina Nation, and the Stoney Nakoda First Nation. We also acknowledge that this land is a historic Métis gathering site.
The WCOC Sprint map and the maps for the COCs take place within Treaty 6 Territory, the traditional lands of the Cree, Dene, Saulteaux, Nakota Sioux, and Blackfoot peoples. We acknowledge this is also the traditional homeland of the Métis people.
These lands will continue to host many nations. All inhabitants are responsible to each other, to the land, to the resources and to Treaty Six and Seven “as long as the sun shines, the grass grows and the river flows.”