water protector

Water protectors are activists, organizers, and cultural workers focused on the defense of the world's water and water systems. The water protector name, analysis and style of activism arose from Indigenous communities in North America during the Dakota Access Pipeline protests at the Standing Rock Reservation, which began with an encampment on LaDonna Brave Bull Allard's land in April, 2016. However, having left about 24,000 tons of trash and human waste at the site, they had to be evacuated. Clean-up crews, hired by the state of North Dakota, had to work against the clock, lest the protesters trash contaminate the water they claimed to protect.[1] Water protectors are similar to land defenders, but are distinguished from other environmental activists by this philosophy and approach that ...