Striving For Kithship

What is implied by Kithship? What do I mean by kith when I sing out the word with the kids in my classes? How does it relate to building intimacy and knowledge of the land?

It's hard as a settler to describe relationships with land, especially when striving for relationships that are better than the conventional ones of my ancestors. How do we create better relationships and how do we name those relationships in honest ways that acknowledge them while not claiming something that isn’t? More questions, but some small moves towards understand.