Indigenous Conversations: Going with the Flow- Ancestral Relationships with Water

This talk will focus on relationships to water and Anishinaabe traditional practices. Explore an indigenous perspective on the importance of water with Ancestral Knowledge keeper and Anishinaabe Traditional Grandmother Kim Wheatley. Kim is Turtle clan and a band member of Shawanaga First Nation Reserve. She is a multi-award winning public speaker who has presented locally, nationally and internationally for three decades. As a long-time Water Walker Grandmother, Kim has coauthored four books focused on water, wetlands and the creatures that inhabit those spaces. She is a ceremonialist, artist, event organizer, singer, drummer and cultural consultant.

 

Thank you to our sponsors the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation and the Rotary Club of Mississauga for their support.