PhoenixSerenityPeltier 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.
Indigenous activist uses traditional knowledge in a modern world to inspire climate action
After about 10 years as an Indigenous rights and clean water activist, Autumn Peltier says her job is far from over, with drinking water advisories still in place across various Indigenous communities. But one thing is still giving her hope: the next generation of climate activists.