Reconnecting to the water with sunflowers
A pale blue silhouette of the Lakeview Power Generating Station ( 4 Sisters) in the background showing the past where the dirty energy generation cut people off from communing with the beautiful lakefront. In the foreground there are four Sunflowers and four Indigenous sisters representing 4 Anishinaabe Kwe Water Principles : Pray to the Water, Sing to the Water, Carry the Water and Listen to the Water. Anishinaabe Kwe (Ojibway, Chippewas, Odawa, Potawatomi women & 2 spirit) have taken on the duty of protecting the water and use these 4 principles when we advocate for environmental protection and dismantling dirty energy generation. We sing to thank the water for sustaining life, we listen to the water to assess where environmental protection is needed, we carry the water to understand the importance of water to all life, and we pray to the water to give it strength to support life & to cleanse itself. I am not claiming any indigenous involvement nor support for the dismantling and subsequent reclamation of the Lakeview Generation Plant lands; I am only sharing my personal message in a place I feel will be accepting of it. Miigwetch.
