On December 5th, Onaman Collective is supporting Autumn Peltier (12 yr old Anishinaabe girl from Wikwemikong First Nation). Autumn is a beautiful young person who we heard speak many times. She came to ask us to help her. To film her so she could get her message out. We simply cannot ignore the pleas and cries of our young people to protect the waters.

She brought me to tears with her message. I ask you to read this or watch the video. We must support our young people. She is right. This is her future. We owe it to the coming generations to stand up.

Here is the transcript of what she says in this film:
"I am a just a kid. 12 years old.
And I shouldn't be worrying about adult's problems.
Kids all over the world have to pay for mistakes we didn't even make.
This is our future. We are the next Elders. We are the next leaders.
This is our future.
I cry watching videos of Standing Rock and knowing that we shouldn't have to fight for our water, we should just be able to have clean drinking water.
We are only given one planet and we are destroying it.
Its not just in North America where we need the clean drinking water. Its all over the world. I want to know that my great grandchildren and children are able to have clean drinking water and they won't have to worry about having clean water they should just have it.
I want us to stand together and we are going to shut down all the highways in North America for a whole hour on December 5th. I am inviting everyone to join us.

Bring your shaker, bring your drums, bring your vessels, bring your feathers.

Let's pray together." - Autumn Peltier

#Shutitdown
#D5
#NoDAPL
#WaterisLife

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