Yänonhchia’ (yah-NON-shee-ya) is the Huron-Wendat term for ‘home’ and includes in its understanding the inherent relationship between family, community, and territory. Implied in these relationships is an individual responsibility to home and shelter alongside a communal responsibility to support everyone while living on the land sustainably. In early February, our Director, Ashli Akins, and I were invited as members of Ecotrust Canada’s Indigenous Homelands Initiative to participate in a foundational gathering of leaders in the Indigenous housing space to discuss Yänonhchia’, a newly proposed national Indigenous housing finance network. The gathering used this name as a working title to emphasize the important balance that needs to be kept between private, communal, and environmental interests as Nations take on increasing stewardship ...
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