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Greetings!Sharon Day.  Photoby Hubert Bonnet for Lavender Magazine

 

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

FOR MORE INFO:
SHARON DAY, smarieday@aol.com, 651-325-8077

 

INDIGENOUS WOMEN TO WALK 1200 MILES FOR THE WATER

A group of Indigenous Women will carry a copper pail of water from the headwaters of the Mississippi in Minnesota to the place where the river empties into the Gulf of Mexico in Louisiana.

The women walkers and supporters will leave Lake Itasca State Park on March 1 following a traditional Ojibwe water ceremony at 7:00 am and will continue walking each and every day until they reach the Gulf near New Orleans on or around April 29th. 

The Water Walkers will draw attention to the peril the river faces due to pollution.  The Mississippi River is the second most polluted river in the United States.   Toxic chemicals from municipalities, farms and corporations are taking their toll on the river.  By the time a drop of water reaches the “dead zones” near the mouth of the river, the water is nearly depleted of oxygen. We can stop this and the walkers intend to educate people along the way as to what they can do. 
“We want the walk to be a prayer,” Day says. “Every step we take we will be praying for and thinking of the water.  The water has given us life and now, we will support the water.”
To learn more or participate:  Join the Mississippi River Water Walk 2013 Facebook Group.

Donations to support the walk can be sent to Indigenous Peoples Task Force:  Water Walk.  1335 E. 23rd St., Minneapolis, MN   55404  

 


Migwetch
Sharon M. Day

Sharon Speaking at Mother Earth Water Walk Convergence of the four directions. http://livestre.am/PzKz On June 11, 201 in BadRiver WI.

From Native News Update June 13, 2011 on IndianCountryTV.com
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