that, in part, inspired her future work as a water protector. A member of Sun Media Community Newspapers part of Postmedia Network.

In her U.N. speech the following year, Peltier explained that boil water advisories have existed in some Indigenous communities in Canada for over 20 years. 'All across these lands, we know somewhere where someone can’t drink the water.

was appointed Chief Water Commissioner by the Anishinabek Nation and has spoken about the issue of contaminated water on Indigenous reserves in Canada at the United Nations. News; National 'It's time for action': Indigenous water activist Autumn Peltier to speak at UN forum. In 2016 at an AFN meeting in Quebec, Autumn Peltier told PM Trudeau she was disappointed in his choices on pipelines. Support this experiment in crowdfunded news by becoming a member today. Ricochet produces independent journalism and ideas in the public interest.

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She lives on Lake Huron, one of North America’s Great Lakes — the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth. In 2016, at the annual winter meeting of Automated ads help us pay our journalists, servers, and team. Autumn Peltier. Signing up enhances your TCE experience with the ability to save items to your personal reading list, and access the interactive map. If the voices of the populations most affected by climate change had been centred and listened to from the outset, we would have moved much more quickly on the climate emergency. Government of Canada, Indigenous Services Canada “Ending long-term drinking water advisories” (updated February 15, 2020), Chatelaine Radiyah Chowdhury reports, “Woman of the Year 2019: Autumn Peltier” (November 2019), Anishinabek News Marci Becking reports, “Autumn Peltier going to the United Nations to share her message about water” (2019), CBC News “Autumn Peltier named chief water commissioner by Anishinabek Nation: Peltier taking on the role from her great aunt Josephine Mandamin” (2019), BBC News “Teen activist Autumn Peltier who scolded Trudeau to address UN” (2017), Macleans.ca “20 people to watch in 2020: The politicians, activists, celebrities, athletes and writers that will make a splash one way or another in the coming year” (2019), Social Conditions of Indigenous Peoples in Canada, Government of Canada, Indigenous Services Canada, “Ending long-term drinking water advisories” (updated February 15, 2020), Radiyah Chowdhury reports, “Woman of the Year 2019: Autumn Peltier” (November 2019), Marci Becking reports, “Autumn Peltier going to the United Nations to share her message about water” (2019), “Autumn Peltier named chief water commissioner by Anishinabek Nation: Peltier taking on the role from her great aunt Josephine Mandamin” (2019), “Teen activist Autumn Peltier who scolded Trudeau to address UN” (2017), “20 people to watch in 2020: The politicians, activists, celebrities, athletes and writers that will make a splash one way or another in the coming year” (2019). NEW YORK — Indigenous water activist Autumn Peltier addressed hundreds of international guests at UN headquarters in Manhattan Saturday. In April 2019, Peltier * By continuing, you agree to be subscribed to our weekly newsletter. By way of illustration, research has shown that 95 per cent of the $60 billion (US) in U.S. foundation funding allocated annually to charities goes to organizations run by white people, and 70 to 80 per cent of this funding goes directly to charities run by men. This invisibilization does not come from nowhere.

Instead of responding to climate injustice, states are instead choosing to reinforce it. During a 2019 Women of Influence interview, Autumn recalled the experience and how it affected her: “My mom explained to me that the community had been on a boiled-water advisory for over 10 years. Published on: September 28, 2019 | Last Updated: September 30, 2019 6:05 PM EDT, Sudbury letters: Defending Trudeau; medals available for veterans, ‘It’s really about giving back’ — Kettlebells for Cancer supports NCF. This is probably the first time you have read her name. Autumn shared her urgent message about water at the United Nations (UN) in New York. A member of Sun Media Community Newspapers part of Postmedia Network.

Indigenous climate activists are made invisible by the powerful.

NEW YORK — Indigenous water activist Autumn Peltier addressed hundreds of international guests at UN headquarters in Manhattan Saturday. Thanks for watching! Instead of responding to climate injustice, states are instead choosing to reinforce it.

', Chief Water Commissioner Autumn Peltier, from Canada's Anishinabek Nation, addresses the Global Landscapes Forum, at the United Nations, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019. This leaves a very small percentage for organizations run by racialized women, yet they are the There are two commonalities when it comes to Indigenous peoples’ mobilization on climate issues: first, these mobilizations are (at best) made invisible in the public space, and second, these issues have a greater impact on the women of these communities (to the extent that women everywhere are the most affected by crises, whether economic, climate, or political). At Serpent River, Peltier saw signs that warned of “toxic” drinking water. Since 2015, the Canadian government has lifted 88 long-term drinking advisories, as they work toward cleaning contaminated water on reserves. The fight against global warming is not happening in a vacuum. Autumn Peltier is a world-renowned water-rights advocate and a leading global youth environmental activist. Peltier learned about the importance of clean water and respecting the environment from her mother and great-aunt Josephine Mandamin. Autumn Peltier, a young Indigenous climate activist, was 13 years old when she first spoke to world leaders at the United Nations on March 22, 2018.

15-year-old young indigenous activist Autumn Peltier has been a “water warrior” since the age of 8, advocating for water conservation and access to clean water, especially for indigenous groups in Canada. With the passing of her great-aunt Josephine Mandamin in February 2019, Autumn Peltier was appointed Chief Water Commissioner, the new “water walker” of her people. Why so many, and why have they gone without for so long?

Autumn Peltier is a 15-year-old, indigenous, clean water activist. ADVERTISEMENT . until her death in 2019. The public “scolding” of the prime minister by such a young activist gained Peltier international media attention. They directly contribute to the catastrophic destruction of the environment, to the detriment of Indigenous populations and to the benefit of the most privileged in our economy (these companies are financed, for example, by your pension funds). Two-thirds of the world’s mining companies are headquartered in Canada. Visit Website. In contrast, you have certainly heard about Greta Thunberg’s address to the United Nations on Sep. 23, 2019. She used the speech to draw attention to the lack of clean water in numerous Indigenous communities, which she says sparked her activism. She has attended school in Ottawa, where she lives with her mother and two sisters, Naomi and Ciara.

Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Chief Glen Hare admitted that it was an easy choice: “Autumn has extensive nibi giikendaaswin (water knowledge). At the age of eight, Peltier attended a ceremony at Serpent River First Nation in Ontario with her mother, Stephanie,

She spoke before the UN General Assembly for the launch She said she’s been taught traditional knowledge from an early age about the sacredness of water, and that more should learn these lessons. The speech was her second at the UN headquarters, having urged the General Assembly to “warrior up” and take a stand for our planet last year. For her activism, Peltier was nominated for the International Children’s Peace Prize in 2017, 2018 and 2019. ones on the front lines, feeling the impacts of climate change.

Autumn Peltier to world leaders: we can't eat money or drink oil, Greta Thunberg to world leaders: change is coming whether your like it or not. Peltier, who is nominated for the 2019 International Children’s Peace Prize by the David Suzuki Foundation, has spread her message at hundreds of events around the world. “All across these lands, we know somewhere where someone can’t drink the water. Autumn Peltier is a world-renowned water-rights advocate and a leading global youth environmental activist. Fortunately, Greta Thunberg is aware of this issue and announced that she would open Friday’s march in Montreal alongside young Indigenous women. At the same time, Indigenous peoples are at the forefront of the fight against shale gas extraction. freshwater supply. “I’ve said it once, and I’ll say it again, we can’t eat money, or drink oil.”. Autumn Peltier was born and raised on the shores of Lake Huron, one of the Great Lakes, the world’s largest Her speech focused on the need for water protection. Naomi Klein, in an interview with Democracy Now, showed that Western countries were already adapting to the consequences of climate change, but not in the right way. Peltier discussed how she has been inspired to take on the responsibility of clean-water advocacy in an interview that year with the magazine, ETFO Voice: My aunt and mom have been teaching me about the importance of clean drinking water and how to protect the environment since I was a little girl…. Further, in the evolution of environmental discourses, the invisibilization of the most impacted has the effect, ultimately, of guaranteeing the concentration of privilege within already privileged populations: since the early 2000s, the discourse on the need to adopt “everyday environmentally friendly actions” has enabled companies to improve their image through “greenwashing.”.

the Assembly of First Nations, then-12-year-old Autumn displayed great courage in criticizing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s clean-water policies in a face-to-face meeting: “I am very unhappy with the choices you’ve made.” Trudeau replied, “I understand that. be one of the most crucial.”. In 2015, Peltier attended the Children’s Climate Conference in Sweden, and a year later, confronted Prime Minister Justin Trudeau about his “broken promises” at a meeting of the Assembly of First Nations.