The Sable Land is 15 acres of mostly forested land, amongst the Green Mountains in Stockbridge, Vermont. We named Sable after the closest mountain: Sable Mountain!

The Sable Project is located within Wôbanakik (“Dawn Land,”) unceded territory of the Alnôbak/Abenaki ("People of the Dawn Land.”) Identify what Indigenous land you are on in this map.

Although this corner of the woods has become home to many Sable artists over the past few years, we acknowledge that we are uninvited guests; Sable is ultimately on stolen land. We name this because we believe in telling the whole story, and because this truth has given us access to this land today. We are incredibly grateful for this access.

As guests on Abenaki Territory, we commit to stewarding the land with care, intention, and joy.

We also acknowledge that we’re at the very beginnings of our relationship to the Abenaki, who - despite epidemics, displacement, and horrific state-sanctioned ethnic cleansing - are still present in Vermont today. We are committed to leaning into our growing edges* as we learn, unlearn, and share this with all who come to Sable. We have found Voice of the Dawn: An Autohistory of the Abenaki Nation by Frederick Matthew Wiseman to be a valuable resource in this process.

Since Sable’s founding in 2014, we have partnered with the land to build Sable’s Structures; all our wooden structures are made from either timber harvested on The Sable Land or locally harvested and sawn lumber.

The land is integral to The Sable Project, providing us with inspiration, food, water, shelter, and an amazing place to live. It informs our work, and gifts us with the history of all that came before us. In short, this land is magic.

*we learned this phrase, “lean into your growing edge,” from The People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond.