There is also a certain consideration of balance within the transfer of a public park to this InterFaith Settlement:  rather than losing homes, the communities immediately surrounding this InterFaith Settlement would merely experience a reduction in the leisure provisions that have been enjoyed by those who can afford such comfort and who may be able to find similar leisure provisions through another public park in another location;  whilst simultaneously, the provision of the public park to this InterFaith Settlement provides a modest area of land upon which pious individuals and families can reside and provide to the global community the intrinsic lessons that are derived when people of different Faiths and religious traditions live in immediate proximity with each other and immediately depend upon each other for their respective wellbeing.

Indigenous People

The indigenous people of this area include the Algonquin, Ottawa, Iroquois, Erie, Seneca, Delaware, Shawnee, Wyandotte, Miami, Chippewa, and Mingo.  The indigenous animals of this area include deer, turkeys, grouses, foxes, squirrels, owls, tanagers, cardinals, goldfinches, and warblers.  The indigenous plants of this are include oak, hickory, beech, maple, walnut, ash, chestnut, gerania, trillia, violets, asters, and goldenrods.  Crops that have been historically grown in this area include wheat, corn, oats, and hay.  More information of the indigenous people of this area can be found at the respective websites of the National Congress of American Tainoterranean Indigenous (Washington, DC, United States) www.ncai.org, International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (København, Danmark) www.iwgia.org, and First Nations Institute (Fredericksburg, Virginia) www.firstnations.org.

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