b'DOCUMENTARY REVIEWWater Is Life BY ANGELA ADSITNew Chiefs of Ontario documentary emphasizes sacred relationship between First Nations women and waterW ater, a new documen- Centre, tells the viewer: We all comeThe women featured in the tary by Signal Films andfrom water. documentary remind us that no one the Chiefs of Ontario,Water is life, adds Gii Mookii Kweperson, company or government owns premiered at theNin / Lorraine Whiteduck Liberty, athe water. Everyone has a role and Annual Chiefs Assembly in June 2022.Maang doomdem, Grandmother andresponsibility to care for the water. It The documentary is a passionate messageElder from the NBissing First Nation. is not just a First Nations issueit is from several First Nations women ona worldwide issue, because we all need the sacred, spiritual and special relation- We need to remember and to be ship First Nations women have with thegrateful to the water who helped usclean water to survive. Anyone who is water, the state of Mother Earths waterget hereit is the lifeblood of Motherbreathing has a responsibility to take careher bloodlinesand what we can doEarth. We all have her waters. She givesof this earth because, as Mary Elliot, an to help reclaim the water. As Elizabeththe ability to bring forth life, saysAtikameksheng Anishinawbek Elder, Esihkibok-Trudeau, a cultural practi- Laura Horton, a Dene and Anishinaabereminds us: Water is the life-giving tioner at the Shkagamik-Kwe HealthKnowledge Keeper.source of all of creation upon Earth.18l I ssue1 2022C hIefs ofo ntarIoA dvocAte magazIne'