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Discover how water weaves us together. Learn about YOUR watershed. Embrace the call to care for God's good creation. Engage with Indigenous neighbors already working as Water Protectors.

INDIGENOUS-LED CLIMATE CARE

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BOOZHOO & WELCOME!

Waadookawaad Amikwag, which translates from Ojibwe into English as “Those Who Help Beaver,” is a group of determined and innovative Water Protectors who are making a difference!  We are Indigenous Leaders, Professional Drone Pilots, and Certified Water Testers, Citizen Scientists, working in conjunction with environmental organizations, and our community members to protect clean water and manoomin. We are on the frontline gathering footage, data, and evidence of environmental damage and crimes. Then we investigate and finally advocate to state & federal agencies about the impacts to our wetlands and waterways. 

Celebrate Justice!! 

On September 14, 2023, a judge in Aitkin County affirmed what water protectors have known all along: standing up for treaty rights is not a crime. Indigenous movement leaders Dawn Goodwin, Tania Aubid and Winona LaDuke have endured over two and a half years of legal process on charges related to peaceful actions to protect the water. In the Sept 14th seminal treaty rights acquittal, Judge Metzen notes the outsized power of the state in courtrooms, the history of colonization and broken treaties, and the powerful actions and testimony of these three incredible women.

Judge Metzen writes:

"In the interests of justice the charges against these three individuals who were exercising their rights to free speech and to freely express their spiritual beliefs should be dismissed. To criminalize their behavior would be the crime."

If you have the stomach for it, read the entire ruling and opinion, attached.
Click HERE to read the Order for Dismissal