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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.58,0:00:05.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Aquay Wunne Kesuk. \NKelsey Leonard Nooweesuonk.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.58,0:00:07.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hello, good day, everyone.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.59,0:00:09.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm from the Shinnecock Nation.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.36,0:00:12.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tabutni to the Cahuilla peoples,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.93,0:00:15.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whose land we gather on today.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.37,0:00:19.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was taught that water is alive.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.66,0:00:21.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can hear,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.38,0:00:22.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it holds memories.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.34,0:00:26.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I brought a water vessel\Nup with me today,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.45,0:00:30.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I want it to hold the memories\Nof our conversation today.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.88,0:00:34.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who gets legal rights?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.27,0:00:39.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,History has shown us\Nsome people but not others.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.81,0:00:43.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the United States,\NIndigenous peoples like myself
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.57,0:00:47.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were not citizens\Nunder the law until 1924.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.85,0:00:50.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My Shinnecock ancestors, pictured here,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.49,0:00:52.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were not citizens under the law.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.57,0:00:59.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then why do we claim to be nations\Ngoverned by the rule of law
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.76,0:01:04.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if some people are protected,\Nbut not others?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.04,0:01:08.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because it remains one\Nof the best ways to fight injustice.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.47,0:01:13.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, as Indigenous people,\Nwe know injustice.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.81,0:01:20.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A dear friend, mentor, water walker,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.07,0:01:23.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nokomis, Grandmother\NJosephine Mandamin-ba,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.20,0:01:26.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she told me of a prophecy\Nthat comes from her people,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.95,0:01:29.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Anishinaabe of the Midewiwin Society.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.44,0:01:32.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in that prophecy,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.16,0:01:35.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she told me that it tells\Nof a day that will come
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.31,0:01:39.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where an ounce of water\Ncosts more than an ounce of gold.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.77,0:01:45.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When she told me that prophecy,\NI sat for a moment,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.46,0:01:51.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I thought about all of the injustices\Nwe see in our world today,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.25,0:01:55.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the water crises we see\Nin our world today,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.17,0:01:57.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I said, "Nokomis, Grandmother,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.66,0:02:00.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feel like we are already\Nin that time of prophecy."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.28,0:02:04.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she looked back at me directly,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.13,0:02:05.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she said,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.46,0:02:07.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"So what are you going to do about it?"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.21,0:02:10.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why I'm here with you today,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.68,0:02:13.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I believe\Nthat one of the many solutions
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.00,0:02:17.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to solving the many water injustices\Nwe see in our world today
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.92,0:02:21.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is recognizing that water\Nis a living relation
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.23,0:02:23.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and granting it the legal\Npersonhood it deserves.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.32,0:02:30.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So to do so, we need to transform\Nthe way in which we value water.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.27,0:02:35.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to start to think\Nabout how do we connect to water.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.08,0:02:38.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Usually, someone might ask you,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.22,0:02:39.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What is water?"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.96,0:02:45.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you would respond\Nwith "Rain, ocean, lake, river,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.79,0:02:47.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,H20, liquid."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.99,0:02:52.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You might even understand\Nthe sacred essentiality of water
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.32,0:02:55.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and say that water is life.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.27,0:02:58.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what if I asked you, instead,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.76,0:03:00.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Who is water?"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.24,0:03:05.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the same way that I might ask you,\N"Who is your grandmother?"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.30,0:03:07.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Who is your sister?"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.04,0:03:10.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That type of orientation
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.16,0:03:13.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fundamentally transforms the way\Nin which we think about water,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.49,0:03:15.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,transforms the way\Nin which we make decisions
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.68,0:03:17.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about how we might protect water,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.80,0:03:20.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,protect it in the way that you\Nwould protect your grandmother,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.72,0:03:23.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your mother, your sister, your aunties.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.97,0:03:25.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the type of transformation
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.64,0:03:29.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we need if we are going to address\Nthe many water crises we see
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.49,0:03:30.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our world today,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.77,0:03:32.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these harrowing water crises
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.97,0:03:35.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that have streamed\Nacross our digital devices
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.15,0:03:37.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in countdowns to Day Zero,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.46,0:03:40.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the point at which municipal\Nwater supplies are shut off.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.64,0:03:44.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Places like Cape Town, South Africa,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.04,0:03:45.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where in 2018,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.84,0:03:48.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,residents were limited\Nto two-minute showers
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.78,0:03:52.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and 23 gallons of water\Nper day per person,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.49,0:03:55.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or just this past summer,\Nwhere the mismanagement of water
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.01,0:03:57.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,led the streets of Chennai
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.71,0:04:01.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be lined with thousands\Nof plastic water jugs
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.77,0:04:05.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as residents waited hours\Nfor water tankers
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.54,0:04:08.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to deliver water,\Nfirst by rail, then by truck,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.00,0:04:11.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to meet their daily needs.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.11,0:04:13.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or even here in the United States,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.95,0:04:16.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of the most developed\Nnations in the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.49,0:04:20.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, Flint, Michigan\Nstill does not have clean water.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.98,0:04:24.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you are likely unfamiliar\Nwith these water crises,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.02,0:04:28.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as Neskantaga First Nation\Nin Northern Ontario, Canada,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.35,0:04:33.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where residents have been\Non a boil water advisory since 1995.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.31,0:04:35.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or Grassy Narrows First Nation,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.21,0:04:38.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which for decades has been dealing\Nwith water contamination
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.64,0:04:40.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the paper mill industry
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.16,0:04:41.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and where a recent study found
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.76,0:04:44.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that nearly 90 percent\Nof the Indigenous population
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.84,0:04:47.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has some form of mercury poisoning,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.06,0:04:49.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,causing severe health complications.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.74,0:04:52.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or even among the Navajo Nation.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.29,0:04:56.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pictured here is the Animas River\Non an early morning in 2015,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.95,0:04:59.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,prior to the Gold King Mine spill.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.68,0:05:03.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After the spill leaked millions\Nof hazardous mine waste
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.59,0:05:05.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into the river system,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.04,0:05:07.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this was it later that day.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.59,0:05:10.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, the Navajo Nation\Nand the Diné People
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.43,0:05:15.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the river itself are still\Ntrying to recover from contamination.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.67,0:05:19.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or even right here\Nin Palm Springs, California,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.40,0:05:21.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the Agua Caliente Band\Nof Cahuilla Indians
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.76,0:05:25.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has been fighting for decades\Nto protect groundwater from exploitation
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.02,0:05:27.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that future generations
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.82,0:05:31.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can not only live but thrive\Nin their homelands,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.21,0:05:33.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as they have since time immemorial.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.20,0:05:38.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, a recent study\Nby DIGDEEP and the US Water Alliance
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.39,0:05:41.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,found that race, in the United States,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.77,0:05:45.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the strongest predictor\Nof water and sanitation access,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.48,0:05:46.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that for us,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.66,0:05:48.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as Native American people,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.37,0:05:52.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are the group most likely\Nto have access issues
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.73,0:05:54.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as it comes to water and sanitation.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.71,0:05:59.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, as an Indigenous\Nlegal scholar and scientist,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.64,0:06:02.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe that many\Nof these water injustices
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.16,0:06:06.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are the result of the Western\Nlegal system's failure to recognize
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.14,0:06:08.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the legal personhood of water.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.57,0:06:11.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so we must ask ourselves --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.24,0:06:13.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who is justice for?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.25,0:06:15.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Humanity alone?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.82,0:06:19.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've granted legal personhood\Nto corporations.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.67,0:06:22.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the US, the Supreme Court\Nfound in "Citizens United"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.90,0:06:24.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that a corporation was a person
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.61,0:06:27.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with similar protections\Nunder the Constitution,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.10,0:06:28.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as freedom of speech,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.96,0:06:31.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and applied similar reasoning\Nin "Hobby Lobby,"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.65,0:06:34.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,finding that a corporation\Nhad the right to freedom of religion
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.88,0:06:38.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in defense against the implementation\Nof the Affordable Care Act
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.04,0:06:39.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for its employees.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.00,0:06:43.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, these are controversial cases,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.02,0:06:46.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as a Shinnecock woman\Nand a legal scholar,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.55,0:06:50.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they make me question\Nthe moral compass of the Western world,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.43,0:06:54.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you can grant legal\Npersonhood to a corporation
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.51,0:06:55.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but not nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.04,0:06:59.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, legal personhood\Ngrants us the ability
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.19,0:07:01.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be visible in a court of law,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.69,0:07:05.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to have our voices heard\Nas a person protected under the law.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.89,0:07:09.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so if you can grant that\Nto a corporation,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.19,0:07:12.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why not the Great Lakes?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.17,0:07:15.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why not the Mississippi River?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.17,0:07:20.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why not the many waterways\Nacross our planet
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.79,0:07:23.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we all depend on to survive?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.83,0:07:29.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know we are in a global climate crisis,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.45,0:07:33.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but globally, our waters\Nare also threatened,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.04,0:07:36.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we are facing a global water crisis,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.30,0:07:39.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if we want to address\Nthese crises in our lifetime,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.58,0:07:41.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we need to change.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.32,0:07:45.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to fundamentally transform\Nthe way in which we value water.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.59,0:07:50.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is not something new\Nfor us as Indigenous peoples.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.68,0:07:54.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our Indigenous legal systems\Nhave a foundational principle
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.84,0:07:57.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of understanding our nonhuman relations
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.62,0:08:01.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as being living and protected\Nunder our laws.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.36,0:08:03.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And even for the Western world,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.40,0:08:05.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,environmental legal theorists
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.09,0:08:08.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have argued for the rights of nature\Nsince the 1970s.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.28,0:08:10.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we need to do better.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.98,0:08:12.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to change.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.100,0:08:15.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we need to grant\Nlegal personhood to water,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.58,0:08:18.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it affords the following\Nrights and protections.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.33,0:08:21.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It grants water the right to exist,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.23,0:08:23.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,flourish, and naturally evolve,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.38,0:08:25.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and most of all,\Nit protects the water from us,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.90,0:08:28.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from human beings that would do it harm,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.57,0:08:30.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from human-caused climate-change impacts,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.74,0:08:31.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from pollutants,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.91,0:08:33.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and from man-made contamination.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.40,0:08:38.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Moreover, it reverses\Nthe accepted hierarchy
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.27,0:08:41.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of humanity's domination over nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.74,0:08:43.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As human beings on this planet,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.33,0:08:46.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are not superior\Nto other beings on this planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.22,0:08:51.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are not superior to the water itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.78,0:08:55.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to learn\Nhow to be good stewards again.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.48,0:09:00.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We often imagine that the world\Nis filled with infinite water.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.23,0:09:02.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, it's not.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.52,0:09:04.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This planet, Ohke, Mother Earth,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.64,0:09:07.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has very finite freshwater resources.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.66,0:09:10.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Currently, nearly two billion people
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.62,0:09:14.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,live in countries experiencing\Nhigh water stress.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.84,0:09:17.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is also estimated that by 2030,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.92,0:09:22.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,up to 700 million people\Ncould be displaced, worldwide,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.33,0:09:23.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,due to water scarcity.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.06,0:09:27.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to address this crisis.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.74,0:09:29.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so it's time for us to change.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.74,0:09:33.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to transform\Nthe way in which we value water.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.12,0:09:34.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we can do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.30,0:09:36.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can learn to be good stewards again.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.76,0:09:41.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can create laws through which\Nwe grant legal personhood to water.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.46,0:09:43.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can start to honor\Nthe original treaties
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.95,0:09:46.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between Indigenous peoples\Nand non-Indigenous peoples
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.76,0:09:48.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for water protection.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.43,0:09:51.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can appoint guardians for the water
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.44,0:09:54.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that ensure the water's rights\Nare always protected.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.39,0:09:58.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can also develop\Nwater-quality standards
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.11,0:09:59.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that have a holistic approach,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.68,0:10:04.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that ensure the well-being of the water\Nbefore our human needs.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.48,0:10:10.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And moreover, we can work to dismantle\Nexclusive property ownership over water.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.84,0:10:16.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there are amazing successful examples\Nof this around the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.54,0:10:20.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Whanganui River in Aotearoa, \Nin New Zealand,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.13,0:10:21.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the Ganges River in India
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.64,0:10:24.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were both granted\Nlegal personhood in 2017.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.34,0:10:25.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And even this year,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.97,0:10:28.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the residents of the city of Toledo
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.23,0:10:31.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,recognized the legal\Npersonality of Lake Erie.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.42,0:10:33.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And right here in California,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.88,0:10:37.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Yurok Tribe granted legal personhood\Nto the Klamath River.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.07,0:10:43.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, I imagine a world\Nwhere we value water
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.13,0:10:44.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a living relation,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.96,0:10:50.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we work to restore\Nour connection to water.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.96,0:10:53.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As women, we are water carriers.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.74,0:10:56.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We nurture water\Nin our wombs for nine months.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.70,0:11:00.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the first medicine\Nthat each of us as human beings
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.08,0:11:01.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is exposed to.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.91,0:11:07.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, we are all born as human beings\Nwith a natal connection to water,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.12,0:11:10.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but somewhere along the way,\Nwe lost that connection,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.55,0:11:12.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we have to work to restore it.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.71,0:11:14.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I imagine a world
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.82,0:11:19.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which water is healthy\Nand ecosystems are thriving.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.85,0:11:21.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I imagine a world
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.62,0:11:25.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where each of us takes up\Nour right of responsibility
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.22,0:11:26.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as water citizens
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.77,0:11:28.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and protects water.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.87,0:11:33.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, in the words of Nokomis,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.58,0:11:35.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what are you going to do about it?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.71,0:11:38.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are you going to do for the water?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.93,0:11:42.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, you can call your local politician.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.70,0:11:44.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can go to a town meeting.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.48,0:11:47.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can advocate for granting\Nlegal personhood to water.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.05,0:11:51.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can be like the residents\Nof the city of Toledo
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.17,0:11:52.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and build from the grass roots,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.80,0:11:56.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and craft your own legislation\Nif the politicians won't write it,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.21,0:11:58.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,recognizing legal personality of water.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.28,0:12:03.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can learn about the Indigenous lands\Nand waters that you now occupy
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.69,0:12:06.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the Indigenous legal systems\Nthat still govern them.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.52,0:12:09.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And most of all, you can connect to water.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.92,0:12:11.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can restore that connection.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.77,0:12:14.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Go to the water closest to your home,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.40,0:12:16.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and find out why it is threatened.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.67,0:12:19.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But most of all, if you do anything,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.81,0:12:23.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I ask that you make a promise to yourself,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.40,0:12:25.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that each day, you will ask,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.76,0:12:28.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What have I done for the water today?"
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.54,0:12:33.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we are able to fulfill that promise,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.48,0:12:37.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe we can create a bold\Nand brilliant world
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.74,0:12:41.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where future generations are able to form
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.22,0:12:46.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the same relationship to water\Nthat we have been privileged to have,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.46,0:12:53.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where all communities\Nof human and nonhuman relations
Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.80,0:12:56.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have water to live,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.12,0:12:58.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because water is life.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.97,0:13:00.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tabutni. Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.45,0:13:07.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)