Autumn Peltier is an Anishinaabe Indigenous rights advocate from the Wiikwemkoog First Nation on Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada.
Aged 8 she began advocating for the universal right to clean drinking water.
In her culture water is one of the most sacred elements.
Aged just 13 she addressed world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly on the issue of water protection.
In 2019 she was named Cheif Water Commissioner for the Anishinabek Nation.
She is concerned for clean water for the indigenous people across Canada…
She is also the leading voice for all Indigenous matters across Canada- history and on-going racism and inaccuracy of Indigenous people, missing and murdered women and access and support for’ the children coming behind us’.
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RISE by Maliha Abidi
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