Mandamin

'It's really very crucial right now': Great Lakes Water Walk focuses on protecting 'lifeblood'

'It's really very crucial right now': Great Lakes Water Walk focuses on protecting 'lifeblood'

'We're coming together to make awareness to take care of the water,' says elder Shirley Williams
In 2003, when Anishnaabe elder Josephine Mandamin took her first ceremonial water walk around Lake Superior, she wanted to share the message that the water is sick and people need to fight for that water, to speak for that water and to love that water.