Listening to the Elders at the Keepers of the Water Gathering
This chapter offers an international perspective of the Keepers of the Water gathering that occurred in northern Manitoba, where Elders reiterate what indigenous people have always said, 'no one can own land or water or forests' and that we all have a covenant with nature that overrides th...
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ftwestminres:oai:westminsterresearch.westminster.ac.uk:q5w01 2023-05-15T16:16:01+02:00 Listening to the Elders at the Keepers of the Water Gathering D'Souza, R. 2017 https://westminsterresearch.westminster.ac.uk/item/q5w01/listening-to-the-elders-at-the-keepers-of-the-water-gathering unknown Wilfred Laurier University Press D'Souza, R. 2017. Listening to the Elders at the Keepers of the Water Gathering. in: Christian, Dorothy and Wong, Rita (ed.) Downstream: Reimagining Water Waterloo, Ontario Wilfred Laurier University Press. pp. 197-206 Keepers of the Water indigenous knowledge modern knowledge corporations states book-chapter 2017 ftwestminres 2023-03-26T20:37:20Z This chapter offers an international perspective of the Keepers of the Water gathering that occurred in northern Manitoba, where Elders reiterate what indigenous people have always said, 'no one can own land or water or forests' and that we all have a covenant with nature that overrides the treaties with colonial settlers. Composed of First Nations, Mèti, and Innuit peoples, environmental groups, concerned citizens, and communities working for the protection of air, water, and land, the Keepers are the grassroots communities who struggle between the covenant with nature and state. The chapter examines the conceptual underpinnings of the two types of covenants. Other/Unknown Material First Nations University of Westminster: WestminsterResearch |
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This chapter offers an international perspective of the Keepers of the Water gathering that occurred in northern Manitoba, where Elders reiterate what indigenous people have always said, 'no one can own land or water or forests' and that we all have a covenant with nature that overrides the treaties with colonial settlers. Composed of First Nations, Mèti, and Innuit peoples, environmental groups, concerned citizens, and communities working for the protection of air, water, and land, the Keepers are the grassroots communities who struggle between the covenant with nature and state. The chapter examines the conceptual underpinnings of the two types of covenants. |
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D'Souza, R. 2017. Listening to the Elders at the Keepers of the Water Gathering. in: Christian, Dorothy and Wong, Rita (ed.) Downstream: Reimagining Water Waterloo, Ontario Wilfred Laurier University Press. pp. 197-206 |
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