b'MOTHER EARTHin WALKING TWO WORLDSBy Sarah B. HoodElder Whabagoon believes in the significance of listening to youth, water and the land in considering environmental justiceE arly last October, Elderthey listened to me sing. They stayed thereWhabagoon often engages with young Whabagoon sang at thefor over 45 minutes. I finished the song andartists, businesses and government institu-Two-Eyed Seeing on theI heard Rrrrr! and it was a moose furthertions through StreetARToronto, which Humber gathering nearup the river: the animals responded. Ourbrings public art projects into being. In Toronto. Hosted by several communitybelief is that our answers are with Creation,April of 2023, she was appointed First organizations, it was designed to combineand if we look hard enough, we will findPeoples Leadership Advisor to the General Anishinaabe traditional knowledges andthe questions to our answers. Manager of Transportation Services for Western science in considering the import- the City of Torontoa new role, designed ance of the Humber River salmon runsWhabagoon, who has strong ties withto change the way the city works and foster and caring for local waterways.the Native Canadian Centre of Torontonew relationships with Indigenous people.(NCCT), also served as the First Peoples Leadership Advisor to the Dean at theAlthough Whabagoon is a member of Elder Whabagoon attended in her capacityDaniels Faculty of Architecture, LandscapeObishikokaang-Lac Seul First Nation, as co-founder of the youth program Nikibiiand Design at the University of Toronto,which lies about eight hours north of Dawadinna Giigwag, which means Floodedwhere she curated a mural titled AmbeThunder Bay, she has resided in Toronto Valley Healing in Anishinaabemowin. IMagada. The mural, brought to life byfor the past 45 years. An Ojibwe Elder was at the Humber River, and I was singingmultidisciplinary artist Que Rock, honourswho sits with the Loon Clan, she is now a song that was gifted to me in a vision, sheIndigenous children found in unmarkeda Keeper of Sacred Pipes, speaker, land says. And a flock of geese flew down, andgraves at the site of the Kamloopsdefender and water protector. She is also they formed this incredible semi-circle, andResidential School in British Columbia. a Sixties Scoop survivor. This has given 36Fall/Winter 2023'