After four days and nearly 109 miles of traveling by foot, a group of “water walkers” approached the farthest shoreline at Peninsula Point Park in Anoka. They followed behind a bucket of water, carried by several women throughout the journey, and a person holding an eagle staff.

The water walk began over two decades ago as a response to water pollution. The group of women who started the walk included a founding member of the water protectors movement, Josephine Mandamin. Women are said to be life givers in Ojibwe culture and are responsible for the care of water.

Sharon Day, a member of the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa, now leads the walks.

“What would happen if all of the women of the world said, ‘No more. I will not allow you to pollute our waterways anymore,'" Day said while remember

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