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Make a Personal Connection:
Reflect & Share
Reflect & Share
What body of water knows you well?
Describe an experience with this body of water
Or
Create a poem about your relationship with water.
Share through writing, artwork, dance, song, or film.
Build on your Language Learning:
Read Speculative Fiction by Tiffany Morris
She Explores a World Where Water Was Not Well Cared For...
Reading Response:
What do you notice and wonder about the point of view from which the author chose to write the story?
What do you feel the author's message is to you? Cite three quotes from the story and explain why they contribute to the development of this message (theme).
How might this story engage an audience and call them to action?
Learn From Land & Water Protectors
Research & Share
Research & Share
On a map, explore the sites where large industries are located in relation to Indigenous communities.
Research where and how industry has polluted lands and waters in First Nations communities.
Research the impact of dams on water life, plant life, local animals, and surrounding communities.
Water crises in First Nations communities: identify the Nation, the cause, the response, and the progress.
Consultation is Not Consent Explained by Isaac Murdoch:
"All four levels of government have the duty to consult First Nations regarding impacts on their lands but what is happening is that the government is consulting, but even if the First Nations say no, the government duty to consent is complete. They can say we consulted, but that the community said no and they are going to move forward because it is what is best for the economy. Consultation is not consent."
Learn About Local Issues Connected to Water
Learn About Local Issues Connected to Water
How Can We Recognize the Personhood of Water?
How Can We Stand For Water?
Explore Art As Activism and Education
What is represented in the Water Is Life artwork:
"Our bodies are 70% water. When I drink a glass of water it goes into my body and becomes a part of my whole being - it becomes a part of my essence. There’s water in my brain, my eyeballs are 90% water so I’m looking at the world through the lens of water. Our heart is a water pump. When I drink that water, it becomes who I am. When I pee that water out, it becomes part of the watershed and circulates out into the world. When I sweat, my water evaporates into the atmosphere and touches the world and becomes part of the essence of another being. So, we are all connected in this world through water. I’m me right now, but In my lifetime I will transform into a family of fish, or a thundercloud, or a tree and the water will keep traveling and touching everybody’s life. I will give life to everything. Water is billions of years old and it holds memory. It is also the least understood element that we have. Science is still catching up to traditional knowledge about water. Science still has not fully explored the spirit of water - water has spirit"
Isaac Murdoch quote from Art As Provocation Webinar with Jodie Williams
Isaac Murdoch's Art as Part of a Protest
Reconciliation Begins with the Land
How Are We Living the Land Acknowledgement?
Create Artwork to Inform & to Call People to Action!
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