Land & Labor:
Two centuries ago, the rivers in the arid southwest region flowed year-round, and many were perennial rivers. The stewardship that indigenous people practiced for millennia ensured these rivers stayed perennial. Now many of these rivers are dry from exploitation and overuse. Growing up in Arizona, no one in our family knew this knowledge until after we had already entered our adulthoods. We did not know this because the genocide brought upon the indigenous groups erased this knowledge, through boarding schools, forced acquisition of land, laws to hide/erase their cultures, and massacres. Those groups include the Apache, the O’odham, the Yaqui, the Pee Posh, the Hopi, the Dine, and many more recognized and unrecognized groups. The slavery of black and brown people to create this country, the social and class oppression based on money, and the genocide of indigenous to take and exploit the land, are root causes of our climate crisis and social division. We must recognize this daily, to be grounded in what was lost, what is possible, and why the current paradigm doesn’t work in bringing us together.
Summarized Acknowledgement: Living and working on occupied indigenous lands. Committed daily to healing our relationship with these lands, waters, and people. Fighting to abolish the continued generational genocide and colonization of all three.
Transforming Terrain
We are a family business, and consider ourselves to be both students and teachers; always open minded to critique. We believe all of our services are included in Land Stewardship, leaving out certain aspects falls short on the relationship we strive for. We are in the business of relationships, not transactions. This is not a money making operation, but a changemaking one. Our team is at the core of the work we do, and our rates allow everyone to have a livable wage, healthcare, and additional benefits to ensure our mental and physical health are cared for.