Autumn Peltier
Canadian Geographic|November/December 2020
Environmental activist and chief water commissioner for the Anishinabek Nation on the importance of protecting water
- ABI HAYWARD
Autumn Peltier

In 2016, 12-year-old Autumn Peltier of Manidoowaaling (Manitoulin) Island in Ontario stood onstage at the winter gathering of the Assembly of First Nations in Gatineau, Que. She wore an Anishinaabe water dress, made painstakingly by her mother, and held a water bundle, comprising a copper bowl, a copper cup, some red cloth and tobacco, to present to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Peltier, who is Anishinaabe-kwe and a member of Wiikwemkoong First Nation, had just returned from the Children’s Climate Conference in Sweden — but her plea to Trudeau to protect the water catapulted her to international recognition. Four years later, Autumn is the chief water commissioner for Anishinabek Nation, has been nominated for the International Children’s Peace Prize three years in a row and last year was the only Canadian on the BBC’s list of 100 most influential women. Peltier spoke with Canadian Geographic on water protection, youth activism and her ties to the water.

On what drew her to protecting fresh water

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