Living on the Blackfoot lands as an uninvited visitor, I am grateful to be allowed to journey through the ancient storied landscapes. Styres' words often echo in my mind that “we all exist in relationship to each other and to this land – a land that has and still does exist first and foremost in relationship to Indigenous people.’’ 

I agree with her argument that for those wanting to “live in deeply sacred and intimate relationship to Land must understand that it first and foremost requires a respectful and consistent acknowledgement of whose traditional lands we are on, a commitment to journeying – a seeking out and coming to an understanding of the stories and knowledges embedded in those lands, a conscious choosing to live in intimate, sacred, and storied relationships with those lands [...].”