Join for the launch of “Indigenous Waterviews: an anthology of Song, Story, and Protocol for Water Ethics” on Wednesday, October 22nd from 5:30-8:00pm at the Waverley Public Library in Thunder Bay.
FROM THE PRESS RELEASE:
Indigenous Waterviews compiles the work of around forty Indigenous writers, artists and elders. Thanks to their generosity, our project bringstogether heterogeneous contemporary experiences, and it celebrates diverse lands through their bodies of water, and their multiple languages and cultures. The following First Nations are represented in this second volume—a small sample of the thousands of communities that inhabit our shared blue-green globe: Chamorro, Minankabau, Mi’kmaq, Lakota, Tl’etinqox, Anishinaabe, Cherokee, Métis, Diné, Havasupai, Cree, Mohawk, Kwakwaka’wakw, Mapuche, Iku, Embera-Chamí, Wayuu, Gunadule, Muisca, Quechua, Inga, Kamëntsá, Q’anjob’al, Ñhañhü, Yucatek, Yanakuna, Mè’phàà, Kichwa, Innu and Guaraní. With the publication of this volume, we hope to inspire multi-disciplinary and cross-cultural conversations on topics such as health, education, public policy, water ethics, and creativity.
In parallel with the publication of the anthology, Siwar Mayu Press, in collaboration with grandmothers Mona Polacca and Darlene Sanderson as well as designer Mapache Salazar of the Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN), have created the Indigenous Message on Water website: https://indigenous-message.org/ This new site, available in Spanish, English, French, and Indigenous languages, offers free access to the words of poets, artists, and elders who have dedicated their life and art to protecting the water in their territories. The anthologies are Open Access and available to download on this same website. This project would not have been possible without the guidance of elder Mona Polacca, Dr. Darlene Sanderson, elder Sheila DeCorte, and the generous support of our team of translators.
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