Stories from the Colorado River Basin
Voices from Indigenous Land and Water Protection
____________________________________________ LOUISE BENNALLY is a grandmother, mother and clan mother from the Black Mesa community of Big Mountain in Northern Arizona… [Read Bio] ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ LEONA MORGAN is a Diné organizer and educator on nuclear issues since 2007 in the Four Corners and Colorado River Basin region… [Read Bio] ____________________________________________ All of our precious, finite water sources are connected, from flowing surface streams across the planet to the underground Aquifers below us, to the raindrops gathering above, all water is connected. The Waters Connect Us is multi-generational work to protect Sacred Water that was inspired by Debra White Plume (Oglala Lakota/ Cheyenne), and a tight knit group of Indigenous and non-native people committed to environmental and human rights work. It honors the paths created by our relatives who dedicated their lives to protect our life + lands + waters for seven generations. We are all connected. brought to you by JMP Students _________________________ The Waters Connect Us Four Indigenous leaders of environmental activism unite to educate about threats to the Colorado River from water contamination on Native lands. Brought together by this fight, they amplify one another’s voices and pass on the torch to keep fighting to protect the waters that connect us all. _________________________ Event Livestream This live recording showcases the Stories From The Colorado River panel at MSU Denver. The panelists Louise Bennally, Reuben Cruz, Leona Morgan, and Woman Stands Shining Pat McCabe discuss the challenges their communities face due to threats to their local water sources. _________________________ And more here: JMP Student Videos
MSU Denver is located on the lands of the Cheyenne, Arapaho, Lakota, and Ute, and other Indigenous peoples who maintain a continuous relationship with this land.
REUBEN CRUZ is a Piipaash/ Quechan/Mexican poet, educator and writer who was raised along the Gila and Salt Rivers in the Colorado River Basin of central Arizona..… [Read Bio]
WOMAN STANDS SHINING, Pat McCabe, is a mother and grandmother, artist, activist, international speaker, advocate for the sacredness of water all over the world, and conduit for voices of earth and spirit from Diné Nation… [Read Bio]
