Cultural Respect Easement
A Cultural Respect Easement is a legal agreement that guarantees Indigenous people cultural access to land in perpetuity. Cultural Respect Easements provide Indigenous people with safe areas to practice their traditional and spiritual lifeways, such as ceremonies, seasonal celebrations, camping, and more.
“A Cultural Respect Easement is the closest expression of land reparation to indigenous people achieved without an actual transfer of deed. It offers assurance for us to safely access areas of our ancestral homelands to exercise spiritual and cultural practices. Respect for our culture includes respect for our relationship with the earth, especially in areas where our ancestors prayed, danced, toiled, lived and were buried.”
- Ramona Peters
Dennis Conservation Land Trust
440 acres, all lands owned by the Dennis Conservation Land Trust in the town of Dennis.
Nemasket River Village Site
20.35 acres along the Nemasket River determined by archeological survey to be the largest historic site with evidence of Wampanoag occupation more than 6000 years old.
Open your land to cultural access
When you open your land to cultural access you are inviting the spirit of the land to be renewed. Indigenous people have a traditional knowledge of the land that embraces all living things upon it and encourages a healthy biodiversity.