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The People of the Heart Water Walkers are expected to wrap up this year’s water walk today.
Small groups of walkers left the Sand Point Lighthouse in Baraga Saturday morning.
Carrying a copper vessel filled with water, they traveled to Houghton the first day, from Houghton to Eagle River yesterday, and are headed to Copper Harbor today.
The walk is organized by the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community to honor what Native Americans consider to be our most precious natural resource.
During last year’s walk, participant Kathleen Chosa said that tradition assigns water protection to women…
To that end, only women carry the water.
For Chosa and the KBIC, this isn’t just a tribal issue…
Today’s conclusion coincides with Indigenous Peoples’ Day, which honors the peoples, histories, and cultures of Indigenous populations across the Americas.
