It is with humility and reverence that the Austerlitz Climate Committee acknowledges the original stewards of this land, the Mahican people on whose territory we live.  An Algonquian-speaking tribe, the Mahican people identified by the place where they lived, which they called Muh-he-ka-neew (meaning “people of the continually flowing waters.”) To honor this land, we must honor the crucial role indigenous knowledge plays in recovering a reciprocal relationship with the earth.