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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.77,0:00:04.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[?]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.82,0:00:07.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hello, good day everyone.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.72,0:00:09.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm from the Shinnecock Nation.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.96,0:00:13.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,??, to the ?? peoples,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.56,0:00:15.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whose land we gather on today.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.83,0:00:19.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was taught that water is alive.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.91,0:00:21.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can hear.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.92,0:00:23.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It holds memories.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.42,0:00:26.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I brought a water vessel\Nup with me today
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.73,0:00:30.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I want to hold the memories\Nof our conversation today.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.84,0:00:34.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who gets legal rights?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.67,0:00:40.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,History has shown us,\Nsome people but not others.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.02,0:00:41.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the United States,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.46,0:00:43.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Indigenous peoples like myself
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.84,0:00:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were not citizens\Nunder the law until 1924.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.20,0:00:50.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My Shinnecock ancestors, pictured here,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.84,0:00:53.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were not citizens under the law.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.84,0:00:56.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then why do we claim to be nations
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.57,0:00:59.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,governed by the rule of law
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.56,0:01:02.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if some people are protected
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.82,0:01:04.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but not others?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.46,0:01:08.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because it remains one of\Nthe best ways to fight injustice.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.77,0:01:11.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, as Indigenous people,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.46,0:01:14.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we know injustice.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.10,0:01:20.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A dear friend, mentor, water walker,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.02,0:01:23.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nokomis, Grandmother\NJosephine Mandamin ??,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.27,0:01:27.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she told me of a prophecy\Nthat comes from her people,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.18,0:01:30.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Anishinaabe of the Midewiwin Society,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.32,0:01:32.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in that prophecy,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.32,0:01:35.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she told me that it tells\Nof a day that will come
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.54,0:01:40.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where an ounce of water\Ncosts more than an ounce of gold.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.04,0:01:44.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When she told me that prophecy,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.36,0:01:46.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I sat for a moment and I thought
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.83,0:01:51.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about all of the injustices\Nwe see in our world today,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.70,0:01:55.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the water crises we see\Nin our world today,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.52,0:01:57.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I said, "Nokomis, Grandmother,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.59,0:02:02.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feel like we are already\Nin that time of prophecy."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.84,0:02:04.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she looked back at me directly,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.89,0:02:06.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she said,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.22,0:02:08.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"So what are you going to do about it?"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.66,0:02:10.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why I'm here with you today,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.88,0:02:14.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I believe that\None of the many solutions
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.97,0:02:18.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to solving the many water injustices\Nwe see in our world today
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.33,0:02:21.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is recognizing that water\Nis a living relation
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.71,0:02:25.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and granting it the legal\Npersonhood it deserves.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.57,0:02:29.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So to do so, we need to transform\Nthe way in which we value water.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.32,0:02:33.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to start to think about
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.30,0:02:36.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how do we connect to water?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.49,0:02:39.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Usually, someone might ask you,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.99,0:02:41.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what is water?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.10,0:02:44.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you would respond with, rain,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.10,0:02:46.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ocean, lake, river,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.53,0:02:48.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,H20, liquid.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.30,0:02:52.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You might even understand\Nthe sacred essentiality of water
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.63,0:02:56.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and say that water is life.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.60,0:02:59.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what if I asked you instead,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.36,0:03:01.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who is water?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.56,0:03:03.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the same way that I might ask you,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.84,0:03:05.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who is you grandmother?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.55,0:03:08.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who is your sister?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.38,0:03:11.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That type of orientation
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.93,0:03:13.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fundamentally transforms the way\Nin which we think about water,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.82,0:03:16.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,transforms the way\Nin which we make decisions
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.07,0:03:18.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about how we might protect water,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.36,0:03:20.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,protect it in the way that you\Nwould protect your grandmother,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.94,0:03:24.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your mother, your sister, your aunties.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.35,0:03:27.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the type of transformation
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.14,0:03:29.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we need if we are going to address\Nthe many water crises we see
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.39,0:03:31.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our world today,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.01,0:03:35.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these harrowing water crises that\Nhave streamed across our digital devices
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.38,0:03:37.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in countdowns to Day Zero,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.97,0:03:41.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the point at which municipal\Nwater supplies are shut off,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.91,0:03:44.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,places like Cape Town, South Africa,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.26,0:03:46.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where in 2018,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.01,0:03:49.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,residents were limited two-minute showers
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.58,0:03:52.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and 23 gallons of water\Nper day per person,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.94,0:03:56.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or just this past summer,\Nwhere the mismanagement of water
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.40,0:03:58.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,led the streets of Chennai
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.26,0:04:01.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be lined with thousands\Nof plastic water jugs
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.99,0:04:05.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as residents waited hours\Nfor water tankers
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.72,0:04:08.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to deliver water first by rail,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.35,0:04:11.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then by truck,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.59,0:04:14.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to meet their daily needs.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.42,0:04:16.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or even here in the United States,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.21,0:04:16.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of the most developed\Nnations in the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.69,0:04:21.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,today Flint, Michigan still\Ndoes not have clean water.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.17,0:04:25.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you are likely unfamiliar\Nwith these water crises,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.49,0:04:28.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as Neskantaga First Nation\Nin northern Ontario, Canada,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.61,0:04:33.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where residents have been\Non a boil water advisory since 1995,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.92,0:04:36.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or Grassy Narrows First Nation,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.02,0:04:38.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which for decades has been dealing\Nwith water contamination
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.76,0:04:40.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the paper mill industry,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.97,0:04:42.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and where a recent study found
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.38,0:04:45.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that nearly 90 percent\Nof the Indigenous population
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.79,0:04:48.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has some form of mercury poisoning,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.51,0:04:50.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,causing severe health complications.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.25,0:04:52.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or even among the Navajo Nation.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.56,0:04:57.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pictured here is the Animas River\Non an early morning in 2015
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.60,0:04:59.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,prior to the Gold King Mine spill.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.79,0:05:03.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After the spill leaked millions\Nof hazardous mine waste
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.83,0:05:05.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into the river system,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.34,0:05:07.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this was it later that day.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.94,0:05:11.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, the Navajo Nation\Nand the ?? People
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.36,0:05:14.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the river itself are still\Ntrying to recover from contamination.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.48,0:05:19.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or even right here\Nin Palm Springs, California,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.75,0:05:23.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the Agua Caliente Band\Nof Cahuilla Indians
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.31,0:05:24.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has been fighting for decades
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.87,0:05:26.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to protect groundwater from exploitation
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.31,0:05:29.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that future generations
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.97,0:05:31.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can not only live but thrive\Nin their homelands,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.75,0:05:34.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as they have since time immemorial.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.38,0:05:39.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, a recent study\Nby Dig Deep and the US Water Alliance
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.40,0:05:42.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,found that race in the United States
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.05,0:05:45.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the strongest predictor\Nof water and sanitation access,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.91,0:05:48.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that for us,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.79,0:05:51.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as Native American people,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.62,0:05:53.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are the group most likely\Nto have access issues
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.60,0:05:56.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as it comes to water and sanitation.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.16,0:06:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, as an Indigenous\Nlegal scholar and scientist,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.00,0:06:02.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe that many\Nof these water injustices
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.38,0:06:06.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are the result of the Western\Nlegal system's failure to recognize
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.28,0:06:08.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the legal personhood of water.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.89,0:06:11.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so we must ask ourselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.56,0:06:14.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who is justice for?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.61,0:06:16.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Humanity alone?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.82,0:06:19.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've granted legal personhood\Nto corporations.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.06,0:06:23.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the US, the Supreme Court\Nfound in Citizens United
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.53,0:06:26.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that a corporation was a person
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.04,0:06:27.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with similar protections\Nunder the Constitution,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.96,0:06:29.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as freedom of speech,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.79,0:06:31.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and applied similar reasoning\Nin Hobby Lobby,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.88,0:06:35.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,finding that a corporation\Nhad the right to freedom of religion
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.04,0:06:38.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in defense against the implementation\Nof the Affordable Care Act
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.50,0:06:40.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for its employees.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.13,0:06:43.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, these are controversial cases,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.10,0:06:44.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as a Shinnecock woman
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.83,0:06:46.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a legal scholar,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.74,0:06:49.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they make me question
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.04,0:06:51.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the moral compass of the Western world,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.15,0:06:54.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you can grant legal personhood\Nto a corporation, but not nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.55,0:06:59.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, legal personhood\Ngrants us the ability
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.94,0:07:01.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be visible in a court of law,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.87,0:07:05.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to have our voices heard\Nas a person protected under the law.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.98,0:07:10.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so if you can grant that\Nto a corporation,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.42,0:07:13.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why not the Great Lakes?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.47,0:07:16.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why not the Mississippi River?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.39,0:07:21.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why not the many waterways\Nacross our planet
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.04,0:07:24.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we all depend on to survive?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.08,0:07:29.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know we are in a global climate crisis,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.68,0:07:33.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but globally our waters\Nare also threatened,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.71,0:07:36.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we are facing a global water crisis,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.72,0:07:39.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if we want to address\Nthese crises in our lifetime,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.79,0:07:41.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we need to change.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.70,0:07:45.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to fundamentally transform\Nthe way in which we value water.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.04,0:07:50.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is not something new\Nfor us as Indigenous peoples.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.84,0:07:53.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our Indigenous legal systems
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.59,0:07:55.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have a foundational principle
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.58,0:07:57.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of understanding our non-human relations
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.91,0:08:00.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as being living and protected
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.04,0:08:01.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,under our laws.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.91,0:08:04.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And even for the Western world,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.18,0:08:07.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,environmental legal theorists
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.28,0:08:08.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have argued for the rights of nature
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.92,0:08:10.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,since the 1970s.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.11,0:08:11.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we need to do better.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.33,0:08:13.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to change.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.23,0:08:15.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we need to grant\Nlegal personhood to water,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.92,0:08:19.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it affords the following\Nrights and protections.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.11,0:08:21.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It grants water the right to exist,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.89,0:08:23.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,flourish, and naturally evolve,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.78,0:08:27.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and most of all it protects\Nthe water from us,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.26,0:08:28.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from human beings that would do it harm,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.86,0:08:30.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from human-caused climate change impacts,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.91,0:08:32.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from pollutants,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.88,0:08:34.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and from man-made contamination.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.74,0:08:38.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Moreover, it reverses\Nthe accepted hierarchy
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.66,0:08:41.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of humanity's domination over nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.99,0:08:43.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As human beings on this planet,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.68,0:08:47.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are not superior\Nto other beings on this planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.53,0:08:52.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are not superior to the water itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.03,0:08:56.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to learn how to be\Ngood stewards again.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.66,0:09:01.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We often imagine that the world\Nis filled with infinite water.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.47,0:09:02.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, it's not.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.76,0:09:05.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This planet, O Ye Mother Earth,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.41,0:09:07.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has very finite freshwater resources.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.89,0:09:10.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Currently, nearly two billion people
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.75,0:09:14.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,live in countries experiencing\Nhigh water stress.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.07,0:09:18.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is also estimated that by 2030,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.11,0:09:22.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,up to 700 million people\Ncould be displaced worldwide
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.52,0:09:24.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,due to water scarcity.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.32,0:09:27.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to address this crisis.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.99,0:09:29.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so it's time for us to change.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.98,0:09:33.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to transform\Nthe way in which we value water.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.35,0:09:34.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we can do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.65,0:09:36.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can learn to be good stewards again.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.96,0:09:41.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can create laws through which\Nwe grant legal personhood to water.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.61,0:09:44.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can start to honor\Nthe original treaties
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.18,0:09:46.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between Indigenous peoples\Nand non-Indigenous peoples
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.99,0:09:48.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for water protection.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.60,0:09:51.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can appoint guardians for the water
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.62,0:09:55.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that ensure the water's rights\Nare always protected.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.66,0:09:58.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can also develop\Nwater quality standards
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.32,0:10:00.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that have a holistic approach
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.36,0:10:04.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that ensure the well-being of the water
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.78,0:10:05.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before our human needs.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.77,0:10:10.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And moreover, we can work to dismantle\Nexclusive property ownership over water.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.82,0:10:14.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there are amazing successful examples
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.72,0:10:18.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of this around the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.09,0:10:23.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Whanganui River in ?? New Zealand\Nand the Ganges River in India
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.44,0:10:24.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were both granted\Nlegal personhood in 2017.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.95,0:10:26.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And even this year,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.23,0:10:28.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the residents of the City of Toledo
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.59,0:10:31.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,recognized the legal\Npersonality of Lake Erie.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.56,0:10:34.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And right here in California,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.01,0:10:36.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Yurok Tribe granted legal personhood\Nto the Klamath River.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.38,0:10:41.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, I imagine a world\Nwhere we value water
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.91,0:10:44.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a living relation,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.60,0:10:50.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we work to restore\Nour connection to water.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.09,0:10:54.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As women, we are water carriers.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.19,0:10:56.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We nurture water\Nin our wombs for nine months.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.92,0:11:00.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the first medicine\Nthat each of us as human beings
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.19,0:11:02.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is exposed to.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.38,0:11:06.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, we are all born as human beings\Nwith a natal connection to water,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.28,0:11:10.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but somewhere along the way,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.10,0:11:11.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we lost that connection
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.45,0:11:12.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we have to work to restore it,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.98,0:11:16.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I imagine a world
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.64,0:11:20.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which water is healthy\Nand ecosystems are thriving.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.05,0:11:22.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I imagine a world
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.90,0:11:25.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where each of us takes up\Nour right of responsibility
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.54,0:11:27.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as water citizens
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.15,0:11:29.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and protects water.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.11,0:11:33.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, in the words of Nokomis,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.30,0:11:35.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what are you going to do about it?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.90,0:11:39.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are you going to do for the water?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.12,0:11:43.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, you can call your local politician.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.64,0:11:45.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can go to a town meeting.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.06,0:11:47.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can advocate for granting\Nlegal personhood to water.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.28,0:11:51.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can be like the residents\Nof the City of Toledo
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.70,0:11:53.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and build from the grassroots
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.12,0:11:56.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and craft your own legislation\Nif the politicians won't write it
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.58,0:11:59.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,recognizing legal personality of water.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.52,0:12:03.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can learn about the Indigenous lands\Nand waters that you now occupy
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.89,0:12:06.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the Indigenous legal systems\Nthat still govern them.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.79,0:12:09.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And most of all,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.07,0:12:10.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can connect to water.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.35,0:12:11.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can restore that connection.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.95,0:12:14.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Go to the water closest to your home
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.47,0:12:16.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and find out why it is threatened.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.98,0:12:20.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But most of all, if you do anything,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.12,0:12:23.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I ask that you make a promise to yourself,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.61,0:12:25.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that each day you will ask,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.98,0:12:28.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what have I done for the water today?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.37,0:12:33.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we are able to fulfill that promise,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.70,0:12:38.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe we can create a bold\Nand brilliant world
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.29,0:12:40.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where future generations are able
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.60,0:12:43.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to form the same relationship to water
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.73,0:12:48.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we have been privileged to have,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.72,0:12:52.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where all communities of human\Nand non-human relations
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.53,0:12:56.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have water to live,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.12,0:12:58.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because water is life.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.19,0:13:00.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,??. Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.79,0:13:06.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)