#watercommissioner — Public Fediverse posts

Peltier is from #Wiikwemkoong #FirstNation on #ManitoulinIsland in #Ontario . As the chief #WaterCommissioner for the #Anishinabek Nation, she uses #Indigenous #TraditionalKnowledge to influence her work. Peltier explained that #IndigenousCommunities believe #water is a living entity with its own spirit.
“We live in our mother's womb for nine months and so without water, there literally is no life,” she said.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/indigenous-activist-uses-traditional-knowledge-in-a-modern-world-to-inspire-climate-action-1.6466252