Join us in person to learn about Indigenous-led efforts to heal and protect Water in the face of environmental and every-day racism.
Scheduled for Indigenous History Month, this one-dayWe Are All Water ProtectorsGathering leans into the 8th Principle for Reconciliation,Calls to Action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: “Supporting Aboriginal peoples’ cultural revitalization and integrating Indigenous knowledge systems, oral histories, laws, protocols, and connections to the land into the reconciliation process.” Implementing this principle as part of the TRC’s vision of “a new way of living together” is framed for the purposes of this event as a reimagining of Water stewardship.
The program for theGathering is designed with respect to Anishinaabe Protocols, given that we gather on Land that by Treaty 13 and oral-historical record is recognized as Michizaagig/ Mississauga of the Credit Anishnabek territory. Ceremonial elements and Traditional Water Knowledge underpin the whole of the event, as directed by IPSG Elder-in-Residence Peduhbun Migizi Kwe/Dr. Catherine Brooks (Nippissing Anishnabek). Women are traditionally Water Knowledge Carriers, so their voices predominate. A Sacred Fire will be tended in Noojimo’iwewin Gitigaan by men throughout the Gathering.
