Why lakes and rivers should have the same rights as humans | Kelsey Leonard

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ูŠุฑุฌู‰ ุงู„ู†ู‚ุฑ ู†ู‚ุฑู‹ุง ู…ุฒุฏูˆุฌู‹ุง ููˆู‚ ุงู„ุชุฑุฌู…ุฉ ุงู„ุฅู†ุฌู„ูŠุฒูŠุฉ ุฃุฏู†ุงู‡ ู„ุชุดุบูŠู„ ุงู„ููŠุฏูŠูˆ.

ุงู„ู…ุชุฑุฌู…: toufik serrai ุงู„ู…ุฏู‚ู‘ู‚: Hussain Laghabi
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Aquay Wunne Kesuk. Kelsey Leonard Nooweesuonk.
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Aquay Wunne Kesuk. Kelsey Leonard Nooweesuonk.
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Hello, good day, everyone.
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ุฃู‡ู„ุงุŒ ูŠูˆู… ุทูŠุจ ู„ู„ุฌู…ูŠุน.
00:19
I'm from the Shinnecock Nation.
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ุฃู†ุง ู…ู† ุฃู…ุฉ ุงู„ุดูŠู†ูƒูˆูƒ.
00:22
Tabutni to the Cahuilla peoples,
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ุจูุถู„ ุดุนุจ ูƒุงู‡ูŠู„ุงุŒ
00:24
whose land we gather on today.
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ุงู„ุฐูŠู† ู†ุฌุชู…ุน ุนู„ู‰ ุฃุฑุถู‡ู… ุงู„ูŠูˆู….
00:28
I was taught that water is alive.
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ุชุนู„ู…ุช ุฃู† ุงู„ู…ุงุก ุดูŠุก ุญูŠู‘.
00:31
It can hear,
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ูŠู…ูƒู†ู‡ ุฃู† ูŠุณู…ุน.
00:33
it holds memories.
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ู„ุฏูŠู‡ ุฐูƒุฑูŠุงุช.
00:35
And so I brought a water vessel up with me today,
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ุฃุญุถุฑุช ูƒูˆุจ ู…ุงุก ู…ุนูŠ ุงู„ูŠูˆู….
00:38
because I want it to hold the memories of our conversation today.
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ู„ุฃู†ู†ูŠ ุฃุฑูŠุฏู‡ ุฃู† ูŠุญู…ู„ ุฐูƒุฑูŠุงุช ู…ุญุงุฏุซุฉ ุงู„ูŠูˆู….
00:43
Who gets legal rights?
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ู…ู† ู„ุฏูŠู‡ ุงู„ุญู‚ูˆู‚ ุงู„ุดุฑุนูŠุฉุŸ
00:47
History has shown us some people but not others.
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ุงู„ุชุงุฑูŠุฎ ุฃุธู‡ุฑ ู„ู†ุง ุจุนุถ ุงู„ู†ุงุณ ุฏูˆู† ุขุฎุฑูŠู†.
00:51
In the United States, Indigenous peoples like myself
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ููŠ ุงู„ูˆู„ุงูŠุงุช ุงู„ู…ุชุญุฏุฉ ุงู„ุณูƒุงู† ุงู„ุฃุตู„ูŠูˆู† ู…ุซู„ูŠ
00:55
were not citizens under the law until 1924.
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ู„ูŠุณูˆุง ู…ูˆุงุทู†ูŠู† ู‚ุงู†ูˆู†ูŠุง ุญุชู‰ ุณู†ุฉ 1924.
00:59
My Shinnecock ancestors, pictured here,
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ุฃุณู„ุงูู†ุง ุงู„ุดูŠู†ูƒูˆูƒ ุงู„ู…ุตูˆูŽู‘ุฑูŠู† ู‡ู†ุงุŒ
01:02
were not citizens under the law.
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ู„ูŠุณูˆุง ู…ูˆุงุทู†ูŠู† ู‚ุงู†ูˆู†ูŠุง.
01:05
Then why do we claim to be nations governed by the rule of law
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ู„ู…ุงุฐุง ูŠูุนู„ู† ุฃู† ู†ูƒูˆู† ุฃู…ู…ุง ูŠุญูƒู…ู‡ุง ุงู„ู‚ุงู†ูˆู†
01:11
if some people are protected, but not others?
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ุฅุฐุง ูƒุงู† ุงู„ุจุนุถ ูู‚ุท ู…ุญู…ูŠู‘ูŠู† ู‚ุงู†ูˆู†ูŠุง ูˆู„ูŠุณ ุงู„ูƒู„ู‘ุŸ
01:16
Because it remains one of the best ways to fight injustice.
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ุฅู†ู‡ุง ุฃูุถู„ ุทุฑูŠู‚ุฉ ู„ู…ุญุงุฑุจุฉ ุงู„ุธู„ู….
01:21
And, as Indigenous people, we know injustice.
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ูˆู†ุญู† ูƒุณูƒุงู† ุฃุตู„ูŠูŠู† ู†ุนุฑู ู…ุง ู‡ูˆ ุงู„ุธู„ู….
01:26
A dear friend, mentor, water walker,
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ุญุฏุซุชู†ูŠ ุงู„ุตุฏูŠู‚ุฉ ุงู„ุนุฒูŠุฒุฉ ุงู„ู†ุงุตุญุฉ
01:32
Nokomis, Grandmother Josephine Mandamin-ba,
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ูˆุญุงู…ู„ุฉ ุงู„ู…ุงุก ุงู„ุฌุฏุฉ ุฌูˆุฒูŠููŠู† ู…ุงู†ุฏุงู…ูŠู†ุจุงุŒ
01:35
she told me of a prophecy that comes from her people,
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ุนู† ู†ุจูˆุกุฉ ูŠุคู…ู† ุจู‡ุง ุดุนุจู‡ุงุŒ
01:38
the Anishinaabe of the Midewiwin Society.
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ุงู„ุฃู†ูŠุดูŠู†ุงุจูŠ ูˆู‡ู… ูุฑุน ู…ู† ู‚ุจูŠู„ุฉ ุงู„ู…ูŠุฏูˆูŠูˆูŠู†.
01:42
And in that prophecy,
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ูˆุงู„ู†ุจูˆุกุฉ ุชู‚ูˆู„ุŒ
01:44
she told me that it tells of a day that will come
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ุฃู†ู‡ ุณูŠุฃุชูŠ ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ู†ุงุณ ุฃูŠุงู…
01:47
where an ounce of water costs more than an ounce of gold.
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ุชูƒูˆู† ุฃูˆู‚ูŠุฉ ุงู„ู…ุงุก ุฃุบู„ู‰ ู…ู† ุฃูˆู‚ูŠุฉ ุงู„ุฐู‡ุจ.
01:52
When she told me that prophecy, I sat for a moment,
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ุนู†ุฏู…ุง ุฃุฎุจุฑุชู†ูŠ ุนู† ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ู†ุจูˆุกุฉ ุฌู„ุณุช ู„ุจุฑู‡ุฉ.
01:57
and I thought about all of the injustices we see in our world today,
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ูˆููƒุฑุช ููŠ ูƒู„ ุงู„ุธู„ู… ุงู„ุฐูŠ ู†ุฑุงู‡ ููŠ ุนุงู„ู…ู†ุง ุงู„ูŠูˆู….
02:03
the water crises we see in our world today,
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ุฃุฒู…ุฉ ุงู„ู…ุงุก ุงู„ุชูŠ ู†ุฑุงู‡ุง ุงู„ูŠูˆู… ููŠ ุนุงู„ู…ู†ุง.
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and I said, "Nokomis, Grandmother,
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ูˆู‚ู„ุช: " ู†ูˆูƒูˆู…ูŠุณ ุฌุฏุชูŠุŒ
02:09
I feel like we are already in that time of prophecy."
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ุฃุดุนุฑ ุฃู†ู†ุง ููŠ ุฐู„ูƒ ุงู„ูŠูˆู… ุงู„ุฐูŠ ุชุญุฏุซุช ุนู†ู‡ ุงู„ู†ุจูˆุกุฉ."
02:14
And she looked back at me directly,
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ูˆุงู„ุชูุชุช ุฅู„ูŠู‘ ู…ุจุงุดุฑุฉุŒ
02:16
and she said,
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ูˆู‚ุงู„ุชุŒ
02:17
"So what are you going to do about it?"
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" ุฅุฐู† ู…ุง ุงู„ุฐูŠ ุณุชูุนู„ูŠู†ู‡ ุญูˆู„ ู‡ุฐุงุŸ"
02:20
That's why I'm here with you today,
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ู„ู‡ุฐุง ุฃู†ุง ุฃู…ุงู…ูƒู… ุงู„ูŠูˆู…ุŒ
02:22
because I believe that one of the many solutions
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ู„ุฃู†ู†ูŠ ุฃุคู…ู† ุฃู† ูˆุงุญุฏุง ู…ู† ุจูŠู† ุงู„ุญู„ูˆู„ ุงู„ูƒุซูŠุฑุฉ
02:26
to solving the many water injustices we see in our world today
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ู„ุฑูุน ุงู„ู…ุธุงู„ู… ุนู† ุงู„ูƒุซูŠุฑ ู…ู† ุงู„ู…ูŠุงู‡ ุงู„ุชูŠ ู†ุฑุงู‡ุง ููŠ ุนุงู„ู… ุงู„ูŠูˆู…
02:29
is recognizing that water is a living relation
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ู‡ูˆ ุงู„ุชุฃูƒุฏ ุฃู† ุงู„ู…ุงุก ู‡ูˆ ุนู„ุงู‚ุฉ ุญูŠู‘ุฉ.
02:33
and granting it the legal personhood it deserves.
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ูˆูŠุฌุจ ู…ู†ุญู‡ ุงู„ุดุฎุตูŠุฉ ุงู„ู‚ุงู†ูˆู†ูŠุฉ ุงู„ุชูŠ ูŠุณุชุญู‚ู‘ู‡ุง.
02:37
So to do so, we need to transform the way in which we value water.
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ู„ูุนู„ ู‡ุฐุงุŒ ู†ุญู† ุจุญุงุฌุฉ ุฅู„ู‰ ุชุญูˆูŠู„ ุทุฑูŠู‚ุฉ ุชู‚ูŠูŠู…ู†ุง ู„ู„ู…ุงุก.
02:43
We have to start to think about how do we connect to water.
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ุนู„ูŠู†ุง ุฃู† ู†ุจุฏุฃ ููŠ ุงู„ุชููƒูŠุฑ ููŠ ูƒูŠููŠุฉ ุงุฑุชุจุงุทู†ุง ุจุงู„ู…ุงุก.
02:48
Usually, someone might ask you,
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ุนุงุฏุฉ ุŒ ู‚ุฏ ูŠุณุฃู„ูƒ ุฃุญุฏู‡ู…ุŒ
02:50
"What is water?"
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"ู…ุง ู‡ูˆ ุงู„ู…ุงุกุŸ"
02:51
and you would respond with "Rain, ocean, lake, river,
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ูˆุฃู†ุช ุชุฌูŠุจ ุจู€" ุงู„ู…ุทุฑุŒ ุงู„ู…ุญูŠุทุŒ ุงู„ุจุญูŠุฑุฉุŒ ุงู„ู†ู‡ุฑุŒ
02:57
H20, liquid."
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H20 ุณุงุฆู„."
02:59
You might even understand the sacred essentiality of water
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ุฑุจู…ุง ุญุชู‰ ุชูู‡ู… ุงู„ุฃู‡ู…ูŠุฉ ุงู„ุจุงู„ุบุฉ ู„ู„ู…ุงุก
03:04
and say that water is life.
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ูˆุชู‚ูˆู„ ุฃู† ุงู„ู…ุงุก ู‡ูˆ ุงู„ุญูŠุงุฉ.
03:08
But what if I asked you, instead,
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ู„ูƒู† ู…ุงุฐุง ู„ูˆ ุณุฃู„ุชูƒุŒ ุจุฏู„ุง ู…ู† ุฐู„ูƒุŒ
03:10
"Who is water?"
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"ู…ู† ู‡ูˆ ุงู„ู…ุงุกุŸ"
03:13
In the same way that I might ask you, "Who is your grandmother?"
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ุจู†ูุณ ุงู„ุทุฑูŠู‚ุฉ ุงู„ุชูŠ ุฑุจู…ุง ุฃุณุฃู„ูƒุŒ "ู…ู† ู‡ูŠ ุฌุฏู‘ุชูƒุŸ"
03:17
"Who is your sister?"
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"ู…ู† ู‡ูŠ ุฃุฎุชูƒุŸ"
03:20
That type of orientation
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ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ุฃุณู„ูˆุจ ู…ู† ุงู„ุงุชุฌุงู‡
03:22
fundamentally transforms the way in which we think about water,
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ููŠ ุงู„ุฃุณุงุณ ูŠุญูˆู„ ุทุฑูŠู‚ุฉ ุงู„ุชููƒูŠุฑ ุญูˆู„ ุงู„ู…ุงุกุŒ
03:25
transforms the way in which we make decisions
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ูŠุญูˆู„ ุทุฑูŠู‚ุฉ ุงุชู‘ุฎุงุฐ ุงู„ู‚ุฑุงุฑุงุช
03:27
about how we might protect water,
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ุญูˆู„ ูƒูŠููŠุฉ ุญู…ุงูŠุฉ ุงู„ู…ุงุกุŒ
03:29
protect it in the way that you would protect your grandmother,
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ุญู…ุงูŠุชู‡ ุจู†ูุณ ุงู„ุทุฑูŠู‚ุฉ ุงู„ุชูŠ ุชุญู…ูŠ ุจู‡ุง ุฌุฏู‘ุชูƒ.
03:32
your mother, your sister, your aunties.
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ุฃู…ูƒุŒ ุฃุฎุชูƒุŒ ุนู…ู‘ุงุชูƒ.
03:35
That is the type of transformation
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ู‡ุฐุง ู‡ูˆ ุฃุณู„ูˆุจ ุงู„ุชุบูŠูŠุฑ
03:37
that we need if we are going to address the many water crises we see
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ุงู„ุฐูŠ ู†ุญุชุงุฌู‡ ุฅุฐุง ุฃุฑุฏู†ุง ู…ุนุงู„ุฌุฉ ุฃุฒู…ุงุช ุงู„ู…ูŠุงู‡ ุงู„ุชูŠ ู†ุฑุงู‡ุง
03:41
in our world today,
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ููŠ ุนุงู„ู…ู†ุง ุงู„ูŠูˆู…ุŒ
03:42
these harrowing water crises
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ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ุฃุฒู…ุงุช ุงู„ู…ุฑุนุจุฉ ู„ู„ู…ูŠุงู‡
03:44
that have streamed across our digital devices
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ุงู„ุชูŠ ุชุชุฏูู‚ ุนู„ู‰ ุฃุฌู‡ุฒุชู†ุง ุงู„ุฑู‚ู…ูŠู‘ุฉ
03:47
in countdowns to Day Zero,
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ููŠ ุนุฏู‘ ุชู†ุงุฒู„ูŠ ู†ุญูˆ ุงู„ูŠูˆู… ุตูุฑ.
03:49
the point at which municipal water supplies are shut off.
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ุนู†ุฏ ุงู„ู†ู‚ุทุฉ ุงู„ุชูŠ ุชุบู„ู‚ ููŠู‡ุง ู…ุฒูˆุฏุงุช ุงู„ู…ูŠุงู‡ ุงู„ุจู„ุฏูŠุฉ.
03:53
Places like Cape Town, South Africa,
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ุฃู…ุงูƒู† ู…ุซู„ ูƒูŠุจ ุชุงูˆู† ููŠุŒ ุญู†ูˆุจ ุงูุฑูŠู‚ูŠุงุŒ
03:56
where in 2018,
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ุญูŠุซ ููŠ ุณู†ุฉ 2018
03:57
residents were limited to two-minute showers
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ุงู„ุณูƒู‘ุงู† ู„ุง ูŠู…ูƒู†ู‡ู… ุงู„ุงุบุชุณุงู„ ู„ุฃูƒุซุฑ ู…ู† ุฏู‚ูŠู‚ุชูŠู†.
04:00
and 23 gallons of water per day per person,
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ูˆุญุตู‘ุชู‡ู… ู…ู† ุงู„ู…ุงุก ู‡ูŠ 23 ุบุงู„ูˆู† ู…ู† ุงู„ู…ุงุก ู„ู„ุดุฎุต ููŠ ุงู„ูŠูˆู….
04:04
or just this past summer, where the mismanagement of water
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ุฃูˆุŒ ูู‚ุท ููŠ ุงู„ุตูŠู ุงู„ู…ุงุถูŠุŒ ุญูŠุซ ุฃูˆุตู„ ุณูˆุก ุฅุฏุงุฑุฉ ุงู„ู…ุงุก
04:08
led the streets of Chennai
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ุดูˆุงุฑุน ุดูŠู†ุงูŠ
04:09
to be lined with thousands of plastic water jugs
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ู„ุชุณุทู‘ุฑ ุจุขู„ุงู ุญุงูˆูŠุงุช ุงู„ู…ุงุก ุงู„ุจู„ุงุณุชูŠูƒูŠุฉ
04:13
as residents waited hours for water tankers
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ูˆุงู„ุณูƒุงู† ู„ุณุงุนุงุช ูˆู‡ู… ูŠู†ุชุธุฑูˆู† ู†ุงู‚ู„ุงุช ุงู„ู…ุงุก
04:17
to deliver water, first by rail, then by truck,
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ุงู„ุชูŠ ุชูˆุตู„ ุงู„ู…ูŠุงู‡ ุฃูˆู„ุง ุจุงุณุชุนู…ุงู„ ุงู„ู‚ุทุงุฑ ุซู… ุจุงุณุชุนู…ุงู„ ุงู„ุดุงุญู†ุฉุŒ
04:21
to meet their daily needs.
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ุซู…ู‘ ูŠุตู„ ุงู„ู…ุงุก ุฅู„ู‰ ุญุงุฌุงุชู‡ู… ุงู„ูŠูˆู…ูŠุฉ.
04:23
Or even here in the United States,
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ุฃูˆ ุญุชู‰ ู‡ู†ุง ููŠ ุงู„ูˆู„ุงูŠุงุช ุงู„ู…ุชุญุฏุฉ.
04:25
one of the most developed nations in the world.
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ูˆุงุญุฏุฉ ู…ู† ุฃูƒุซุฑ ุงู„ุฃู…ู… ุชุทูˆู‘ุฑุง ููŠ ุงู„ุนุงู„ู….
04:28
Today, Flint, Michigan still does not have clean water.
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ุงู„ูŠูˆู…ุŒ ูู„ูŠู†ุชุŒ ู…ูŠุดูŠุบุงู†ุŒ ู„ุง ุฒุงู„ุช ุชูุชู‚ุฏ ุงู„ู…ุงุก ุงู„ู†ุธูŠู.
04:32
But you are likely unfamiliar with these water crises,
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ู„ูƒู† ูŠุจุฏูˆ ุฃู†ูƒ ุบูŠุฑ ู…ุชุนูˆุฏ ุนู„ู‰ ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ุฃุฒู…ุงุช ุงู„ู…ุงุฆูŠุฉ.
04:37
such as Neskantaga First Nation in Northern Ontario, Canada,
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ู…ุซู„ ุฃู…ุฉ ู†ุณูƒุงู†ุชุงุบุง ููŠ ุดู…ุงู„ ุฃูˆู†ุชุงุฑูŠูˆ ุจูƒู†ุฏุง
04:40
where residents have been on a boil water advisory since 1995.
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ุงู„ุณูƒุงู† ูƒุงู†ูˆุง ู…ุนุชู…ุฏูŠู† ุนู„ู‰ ุบู„ูŠ ุงู„ู…ุงุก ู…ู†ุฐ 1995.
04:45
Or Grassy Narrows First Nation,
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ุฃูˆ ุฃู…ุฉ ุบุฑุงุณูŠ ู†ุงุฑุงูˆุฒุŒ
04:47
which for decades has been dealing with water contamination
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ุงู„ุฐูŠู† ุธู„ูˆุง ู„ุนู‚ูˆุฏ ูŠุชุนุงู…ู„ูˆู† ู…ุน ู…ุงุก ู…ู„ูˆุช.
04:50
from the paper mill industry
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ู‚ุงุฏู… ู…ู† ุตู†ุงุนุฉ ูˆุฑู‚ ุงู„ู…ุทุงุญู†
04:52
and where a recent study found
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ุญูŠุซ ูˆุตู„ุช ุฏุฑุงุณุฉ ู…ุคุฎุฑุง
04:53
that nearly 90 percent of the Indigenous population
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ุฃู† 90 ุจุงู„ู…ุฆุฉ ู…ู† ุงู„ุณูƒุงู† ุงู„ู…ุญู„ูŠูŠู†
04:56
has some form of mercury poisoning,
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ู„ุฏูŠู‡ู… ุดูŠุก ู…ู† ุฃุดูƒุงู„ ุงู„ุฒุฆุจู‚ ุงู„ุณุงู…ุŒ
04:59
causing severe health complications.
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ู…ุณุจุจุง ุชุนู‚ูŠุฏุงุช ุตุญูŠุฉ ุญุงุฏุฉ.
05:01
Or even among the Navajo Nation.
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ูˆุญุชู‰ ุจูŠู† ุฃู…ุฉ ุงู„ู†ุงูุงู‡ูˆ.
05:04
Pictured here is the Animas River on an early morning in 2015,
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ุงู„ุตูˆุฑุฉ ู‡ู†ุง ู‡ูŠ ู„ู†ู‡ุฑ ุฃู†ูŠู…ุงุณ ููŠ ุจุฏุงูŠุฉ 2015
05:08
prior to the Gold King Mine spill.
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ู‚ุจู„ ู‡ูˆุณ ู…ู†ุงุฌู… ุงู„ุฐู‡ุจ.
05:11
After the spill leaked millions of hazardous mine waste
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ุจุนุฏ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ู‡ูˆุณ ุชุณุฑุจุช ู…ู„ุงูŠูŠู† ุงู„ู†ูุงูŠุงุช ุงู„ุฎุทูŠุฑุฉ
05:15
into the river system,
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ุฅู„ู‰ ู†ุธุงู… ุงู„ู†ู‡ุฑุŒ
05:17
this was it later that day.
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ู‡ุฐุง ู…ุง ุญุตู„ ุจุนุฏู‡ุง ุฐู„ูƒ ุงู„ูŠูˆู….
05:19
Today, the Navajo Nation and the Dinรฉ People
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ุงู„ูŠูˆู…ุŒ ุฃู…ุฉ ุงู„ู†ุงูุงู‡ูˆ ูˆุดุนุจ ุฏูŠู†ูŠู‡
05:22
and the river itself are still trying to recover from contamination.
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ูˆุงู„ู†ู‡ุฑ ู†ูุณู‡ ู„ุง ูŠุฒุงู„ูˆู† ูŠุชุนุงููˆู† ู…ู† ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ุชู„ูˆุซ.
05:27
Or even right here in Palm Springs, California,
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ูˆุญุชู‰ ู‡ู†ุง ููŠ ุฑุจูŠุน ุจุงู„ู… ุจูƒุงู„ูŠููˆุฑู†ูŠุงุŒ
05:31
where the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians
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ุญูŠุซ ุฌู…ุงุนุฉ ุงู„ุขุบูˆุง ูƒุงู„ูŠูˆู†ุช ู…ู† ู‡ู†ูˆุฏ ุงู„ูƒุงู‡ูŠู„ุง
05:33
has been fighting for decades to protect groundwater from exploitation
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ูƒุงู†ุช ุชุญุงุฑุจ ู„ุนู‚ูˆุฏ ู„ุญู…ุงูŠุฉ ู…ุตุฏุฑู‡ุง ุงู„ู…ุงุฆูŠ ู…ู† ุงู„ุงุณุชุบู„ุงู„
05:38
so that future generations
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ู…ู† ุฃุฌู„ ุฃุฌูŠุงู„ ุงู„ุฃู…ู… ุงู„ู‚ุงุฏู…ุฉ
05:39
can not only live but thrive in their homelands,
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ู„ูŠูƒูˆู† ู„ู‡ุง ุงู„ุญู‚ุŒ ููŠ ุฃู† ูŠุฒุฏู‡ุฑูˆุง ุจู…ูˆุทู†ู‡ู… ู„ุง ุฃู† ูŠุนูŠุดูˆุง ูู‚ุทุŒ
05:43
as they have since time immemorial.
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ูƒู…ุง ูƒุงู†ูˆุง ุฏุงุฆู…ุง ู…ู†ุฐ ุงู„ู‚ุฏู….
05:46
You see, a recent study by DIGDEEP and the US Water Alliance
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ุชุฑูˆู† ููŠ ุฏุฑุงุณุฉ ู…ุคุฎุฑุง ู…ู† ู‚ุจู„ ุฏูŠุบุฏูŠุจ ูˆ ุชุญุงู„ู ุงู„ู…ุงุก ู„ู„ูˆู„ุงูŠุงุช ุงู„ู…ุชุญุฏุฉ.
05:50
found that race, in the United States,
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ูˆุฌุฏุช ุฃู† ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ุดุนุจ ููŠ ุงู„ูˆู„ุงูŠุงุช ุงู„ู…ุชุญุฏุฉุŒ
05:53
is the strongest predictor of water and sanitation access,
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ู‡ูˆ ุฃูƒุจุฑ ู…ุชู†ุจุฆ ู„ุนู…ู„ูŠุงุช ู†ู‚ู„ ูˆุชุตุฑูŠู ุงู„ู…ุงุกุŒ
05:57
and that for us,
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ูˆู‡ุฐุง ุจุงู„ู†ุณุจุฉ ู„ู†ุงุŒ
05:58
as Native American people,
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ูƒุณูƒุงู† ุฃุตู„ูŠูŠู† ู„ู„ูˆู„ุงูŠุงุช ุงู„ู…ุชุญุฏุฉุŒ
06:00
we are the group most likely to have access issues
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ู†ุญู† ุงู„ู…ุฌู…ูˆุนุฉ ุงู„ุชูŠ ู„ุฏูŠู‡ุง ู…ุดุงูƒู„ ููŠ ุงู„ุชุนุงู…ู„ ุบุงู„ุจุง.
06:04
as it comes to water and sanitation.
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ู…ุน ุงู„ู…ุงุก ูˆุงู„ุตุฑู ุงู„ุตุญูŠ.
06:07
So, as an Indigenous legal scholar and scientist,
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ู„ุฐุงุŒ ูƒูˆู†ูŠ ู…ู† ุงู„ุณูƒุงู† ุงู„ุฃุตู„ูŠูŠู† ูˆู…ุฏุฑุณุฉ ูˆุนุงู„ู…ุฉุŒ
06:11
I believe that many of these water injustices
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ุฃุนุชู‚ุฏ ุฃู† ุงู„ูƒุซูŠุฑ ู…ู† ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ุธู„ู… ู„ู„ู…ูŠุงู‡
06:14
are the result of the Western legal system's failure to recognize
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ู‡ูˆ ู†ุชูŠุฌุฉ ู„ูุดู„ ุงู„ู†ุธุงู… ุงู„ู‚ุงู†ูˆู†ูŠ ุงู„ุบุฑุจูŠ ููŠ ุชุญุฏูŠุฏ
06:18
the legal personhood of water.
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ุงู„ุดุฎุตูŠุฉ ุงู„ู‚ุงู†ูˆู†ูŠุฉ ู„ู„ู…ุงุก.
06:20
And so we must ask ourselves --
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ู„ุฐุง ูŠุฌุจ ุฃู† ู†ุณุฃู„ ุฃู†ูุณู†ุง...
06:23
who is justice for?
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ู„ู…ู† ุชูƒูˆู† ุงู„ุนุฏุงู„ุฉุŸ
06:26
Humanity alone?
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ู‡ู„ ู‡ูŠ ู„ู„ุฅู†ุณุงู†ูŠุฉ ูู‚ุทุŸ
06:28
We've granted legal personhood to corporations.
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ู„ู‚ุฏ ุณู…ุญู†ุง ููŠ ู‚ุงู†ูˆู†ู†ุง ุจุดุฎุตู†ุฉ ุงู„ู…ุคุณุณุงุช.
06:31
In the US, the Supreme Court found in "Citizens United"
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ููŠ ุงู„ูˆู„ุงูŠุงุช ุงู„ู…ุชุญุฏุฉุŒ ุงู„ู…ุญูƒู…ุฉ ุงู„ุนู„ูŠุง ูˆุฌุฏุช ููŠ "ุงุชุญุงุฏ ุงู„ู…ูˆุงุทู†ูŠู†"
06:34
that a corporation was a person
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ุฃู†ู‘ ุงู„ู…ุคุณุณุฉ ู‡ูŠ ุดุฎุต
06:36
with similar protections under the Constitution,
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ุจู†ูุณ ุงู„ุญู…ุงูŠุฉ ู„ู„ุฃุดุฎุงุต ูˆูู‚ุง ู„ู„ุฏุณุชูˆุฑุŒ
06:39
such as freedom of speech,
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ู…ุซู„ ุญุฑูŠุฉ ุงู„ุชุนุจูŠุฑุŒ
06:40
and applied similar reasoning in "Hobby Lobby,"
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ูˆุทุจู‚ุช ู†ูุณ ุงู„ู…ู†ุทู‚ ุนู„ู‰ ู…ุฌู…ูˆุนุฉ "ู‡ูˆุจูŠ ู„ูˆุจูŠุŒ"
06:43
finding that a corporation had the right to freedom of religion
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ุญูŠุซ ูˆุฌุฏุช ุฃู† ุงู„ู…ุคุณุณุฉ ู„ู‡ุง ุงู„ุญู‚ ููŠ ุญุฑูŠุฉ ุงู„ู…ุนุชู‚ุฏ
06:46
in defense against the implementation of the Affordable Care Act
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ููŠ ุฏูุงุนู‡ุง ุถุฏู‘ ุชุทุจูŠู‚ ู‚ุงู†ูˆู† ุงู„ุฑุนุงูŠุฉ ุงู„ุตุญูŠุฉ
06:50
for its employees.
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ู…ู† ุฃุฌู„ ุนู…ุงู„ู‡ุง.
06:52
Now, these are controversial cases,
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ุงู„ุขู†ุŒ ู‡ุฐู‡ ู‚ุถุงูŠุง ุฌุฏู„ูŠู‘ุฉุŒ
06:55
and as a Shinnecock woman and a legal scholar,
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ูˆูƒูˆู†ูŠ ุงู…ุฑุฃุฉ ุดูŠู†ูƒูˆูƒ ูˆู…ุฏุฑุณุฉุŒ
06:58
they make me question the moral compass of the Western world,
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ุฃู†ุง ุฃุชุณุงุกู„ ุญูˆู„ ุงู„ุจูˆุตู„ุฉ ุงู„ุฃุฎู„ุงู‚ูŠุฉ ู„ู„ุนุงู„ู… ุงู„ุบุฑุจูŠุŒ
07:02
where you can grant legal personhood to a corporation
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ูƒูŠู ูŠู…ูƒู†ูƒ ุฃู† ุชู…ู†ุญ ุงู„ุดุฎุตูŠุฉ ุงู„ู‚ุงู†ู†ูˆู†ูŠุฉ ู„ู…ุคุณุณุฉ
07:06
but not nature.
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ุฏูˆู† ุฃู† ุชู…ู†ุญู‡ุง ู„ู„ุทุจูŠุนุฉ.
07:08
You see, legal personhood grants us the ability
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ุชุฑูˆู† ุฃู† ุงู„ุดุฎุตู†ุฉ ุชู…ู†ุญู†ุง ุงู„ู‚ุฏุฑุฉ
07:11
to be visible in a court of law,
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ู„ู†ูƒูˆู† ู…ุฑุฆูŠูŠู† ููŠ ุณุฑูŠุงู† ุงู„ู‚ุงู†ูˆู†ุŒ
07:13
and to have our voices heard as a person protected under the law.
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ูˆู„ุฅุณู…ุงุน ุฃุตูˆุงุชู†ุง ูƒุฃุดุฎุงุต ู…ุญู…ูŠูŠู† ู…ู† ุทุฑู ุงู„ู‚ุงู†ูˆู†.
07:17
And so if you can grant that to a corporation,
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ู„ุฐุง ุฅุฐุง ู…ู†ุญุช ู‡ุฐุง ู„ู…ุคุณุณุฉุŒ
07:22
why not the Great Lakes?
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ู„ู…ุงุฐุง ู„ุง ุชู…ู†ุญู‡ุง ู„ู„ุจุญูŠุฑุงุช ุงู„ุนุธู…ู‰ุŸ
07:25
Why not the Mississippi River?
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ูˆู†ู‡ุฑ ุงู„ู…ูŠุณูŠุณูŠุจูŠุŸ
07:28
Why not the many waterways across our planet
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ูˆูƒู„ ุทุฑู‚ ุงู„ู…ุงุก ุนุจุฑ ูƒูˆูƒุจู†ุง
07:32
that we all depend on to survive?
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ุงู„ุชูŠ ู†ุนุชู…ุฏ ุนู„ูŠู‡ุง ุฌู…ูŠุนุง ู„ู†ุฌุงุชู†ุงุŸ
07:37
We know we are in a global climate crisis,
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ู†ุญู† ู†ุนุฑู ุฃู†ู†ุง ููŠ ุฃุฒู…ุฉ ู…ู†ุงุฎ ุนุงู„ู…ูŠุฉุŒ
07:41
but globally, our waters are also threatened,
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ู„ูƒู† ุนุงู„ู…ูŠุงุŒ ู…ูŠุงู‡ู†ุง ู…ู‡ุฏู‘ุฏุฉุŒ
07:45
and we are facing a global water crisis,
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ูˆู†ุญู† ู†ูˆุงุฌู‡ ุฃุฒู…ุฉ ู…ูŠุงู‡ ุนุงู„ู…ูŠุฉุŒ
07:48
and if we want to address these crises in our lifetime,
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ูˆุฅุฐุง ุฃุฑุฏู†ุง ู…ุนุงู„ุฌุฉ ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ุฃุฒู…ุงุช ููŠ ุญูŠุงุชู†ุงุŒ
07:51
we need to change.
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ู†ุญู† ุจุญุงุฌุฉ ู„ู„ุชุบูŠูŠุฑ.
07:53
We need to fundamentally transform the way in which we value water.
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ู†ุญู† ุจุญุงุฌุฉ ู„ู„ุชุบูŠูŠุฑ ุงู„ุฌุฐุฑูŠ ู„ุทุฑู‚ู†ุง ููŠ ุชู‚ูŠูŠู… ุงู„ู…ุงุก.
07:58
And this is not something new for us as Indigenous peoples.
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ูˆู‡ุฐุง ู„ูŠุณ ุฌุฏูŠุฏุง ู„ู†ุง ูƒุณูƒุงู† ุฃุตู„ูŠูŠู†.
08:02
Our Indigenous legal systems have a foundational principle
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ููŠ ู†ุธุงู…ู†ุง ุงู„ู‚ุงู†ูˆู†ูŠ (ู†ุญู† ุงู„ุณูƒุงู† ุงู„ุฃุตู„ูŠูŠู†) ู„ุฏูŠู†ุง ู…ุจุฏุฃ ุฃุณุงุณูŠ
08:06
of understanding our nonhuman relations
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ู„ูู‡ู… ุงู„ุนู„ุงู‚ุงุช ู…ุน ุบูŠุฑ ุงู„ุจุดุฑ.
08:09
as being living and protected under our laws.
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ูƒูƒุงุฆู† ุญูŠู‘ ูˆู…ุญู…ูŠ ุชุญุช ู‚ูˆุงู†ูŠู†ู†ุง.
08:13
And even for the Western world,
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ูˆุญุชู‰ ุจุงู„ู†ุณุจุฉ ู„ู„ุนุงู„ู… ุงู„ุบุฑุจูŠุŒ
08:15
environmental legal theorists
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ู…ู†ุธุฑูˆ ุงู„ู‚ุงู†ูˆู† ุงู„ุจูŠุฆูŠ
08:17
have argued for the rights of nature since the 1970s.
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ุชุฌุงุฏู„ูˆุง ุญูˆู„ ุญู‚ ุงู„ุทุจูŠุนุฉ ู…ู†ุฐ ุณู†ุฉ 1970.
08:21
But we need to do better.
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ู„ูƒู†ู†ุง ุจุญุงุฌุฉ ู„ูุนู„ ุงู„ุฃูุถู„.
08:22
We need to change.
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ู†ุญู† ุจุญุงุฌุฉ ู„ู„ุชุบูŠูŠุฑ.
08:24
And we need to grant legal personhood to water,
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ู†ุญู† ุจุญุงุฌุฉ ู„ู…ู†ุญ ุงู„ุดุฎุตูŠุฉ ู„ู„ู…ุงุกุŒ
08:27
because it affords the following rights and protections.
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ู„ุฃู†ู‡ ูŠุชุญู…ู‘ู„ ุงู„ุญู‚ูˆู‚ ูˆุงู„ุญู…ุงูŠุงุช ุงู„ู„ุงุญู‚ุฉ.
08:30
It grants water the right to exist,
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ุฅู†ู‡ ูŠู…ู†ุญ ุงู„ู…ุงุก ุงู„ุญู‚ ููŠ ุงู„ูˆุฌูˆุฏุŒ
08:33
flourish, and naturally evolve,
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ูˆุงู„ุงุฒุฏู‡ุงุฑุŒ ูˆุงู„ุชุทูˆุฑ ุงู„ุทุจูŠุนูŠุŒ
08:35
and most of all, it protects the water from us,
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ูˆููˆู‚ ูƒู„ู‘ ู‡ุฐุงุŒ ุญู…ุงูŠุฉ ุงู„ู…ุงุก ู…ู†ู‘ุงุŒ
08:37
from human beings that would do it harm,
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ู…ู† ุงู„ุฅู†ุณุงู† ุงู„ุฐูŠ ุณูŠุคุฐูŠู‡ุŒ
08:40
from human-caused climate-change impacts,
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ู…ู† ุงู„ุฅู†ุณุงู† ุงู„ุฐูŠ ูŠุณุจุจ ุชุบูŠุฑ ุงู„ู…ู†ุงุฎุŒ
08:42
from pollutants,
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ู…ู† ุงู„ู…ู„ูˆุซุงุชุŒ
08:43
and from man-made contamination.
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ูˆู…ู† ุงู„ุฅู†ุณุงู† ุงู„ู…ู„ูˆู‘ุซ.
08:46
Moreover, it reverses the accepted hierarchy
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ูˆุงู„ุฃูƒุซุฑ ู…ู† ู‡ุฐุง ุฅู†ู‡ ูŠู‚ุจู„ ู…ูˆุฑูˆุซ ุงู„ุฎุงุต
08:50
of humanity's domination over nature.
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ุจู‡ูŠู…ู†ุฉ ุงู„ุฅู†ุณุงู† ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุทุจูŠุนุฉ.
08:53
As human beings on this planet,
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ูƒุจุดุฑ ุนู„ู‰ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ูƒูˆูƒุจุŒ
08:55
we are not superior to other beings on this planet.
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ู„ุณู†ุง ู…ุชููˆู‚ูŠู† ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ูƒุงุฆู†ุงุช ุงู„ุฃุฎุฑู‰ ููŠ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ูƒูˆูƒุจ.
09:00
We are not superior to the water itself.
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ูˆู„ุณู†ุง ู…ุชููˆู‚ูŠู† ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ู…ุงุก ู†ูุณู‡.
09:03
We have to learn how to be good stewards again.
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ุนู„ูŠู†ุง ุงู„ุชุนู„ู… ูƒูŠู ู†ูƒูˆู† ู‚ุงุฏุฉ ุฌูŠุฏูŠู† ู…ุฑุฉ ุฃุฎุฑู‰.
09:08
We often imagine that the world is filled with infinite water.
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ุบุงู„ุจุง ู†ุนุชู‚ุฏ ุฃู† ุงู„ุนุงู„ู… ู…ู…ู„ูˆุก ุจู…ุงุก ู„ุง ูŠู†ุชู‡ูŠ.
09:13
In fact, it's not.
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ููŠ ุงู„ุญู‚ูŠู‚ุฉุŒ ู„ูŠุณ ุตุญูŠุญุง.
09:14
This planet, Ohke, Mother Earth,
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ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ูƒูˆูƒุจุŒ ุฃูˆุบูŠุŒ ุงู„ุฃุฑุถ ุงู„ุฃู…ุŒ
09:16
has very finite freshwater resources.
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ู„ุฏูŠู‡ุง ู…ุตุงุฏุฑ ุฌุฏ ู…ุญุฏูˆุฏุฉ ู„ู„ู…ุงุก ุงู„ุนุฐุจ.
09:19
Currently, nearly two billion people
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ุญุงู„ูŠุงุŒ ุญูˆุงู„ูŠ 2 ู…ู„ูŠุงุฑ ุดุฎุต
09:22
live in countries experiencing high water stress.
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ูŠุนูŠุดูˆู† ููŠ ุจู„ุฏุงู† ุชุนุงู†ูŠ ู…ู† ุถุบุท ุงู„ู…ุงุก.
09:26
It is also estimated that by 2030,
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ูˆูŠู‚ุฏุฑ ุฃูŠุถุง ุฃู†ู‡ ููŠ ุณู†ุฉ 2030ุŒ
09:29
up to 700 million people could be displaced, worldwide,
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ุฃูƒุซุฑ ู…ู† 700 ู…ู„ูŠูˆู† ุจุดุฑ ู‚ุฏ ูŠุบูŠุฑูˆู† ู…ุณุงูƒู†ู‡ู…ุŒ ุนู„ู‰ ู†ุทุงู‚ ูˆุงุณุนุŒ
09:34
due to water scarcity.
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ุจุณุจุจ ู†ุฏุฑุฉ ุงู„ู…ุงุก.
09:37
We have to address this crisis.
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ุนู„ูŠู†ุง ุฃู† ู†ุนุงู„ุฌ ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ุฃุฒู…ุฉ.
09:39
And so it's time for us to change.
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ู„ุฐุง ุฅู†ู‡ ูˆู‚ุช ุงู„ุชุบูŠูŠุฑ.
09:41
We have to transform the way in which we value water.
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ุนู„ูŠู†ุง ุฃู† ู†ุญูˆู„ ุทุฑูŠู‚ุฉ ุชู‚ูŠูŠู…ู†ุง ู„ู„ู…ุงุก.
09:45
And we can do that.
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ูˆูŠู…ูƒู†ู†ุง ุฐู„ูƒ.
09:46
We can learn to be good stewards again.
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ูŠู…ูƒู†ู†ุง ุฃู† ู†ุชุญู…ู„ ูƒูˆู†ู†ุง ู‚ุงุฏุฉ ุฌูŠุฏูŠู† ู…ุฑุฉ ุฃุฎุฑู‰.
09:48
We can create laws through which we grant legal personhood to water.
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ูŠู…ูƒู†ู†ุง ุฅู†ุดุงุก ุงู„ู‚ูˆุงู†ูŠู† ู„ู…ู†ุญ ุงู„ุดุฎุตูŠุฉ ุงู„ู‚ุงู†ูˆู†ูŠุฉ ู„ู„ู…ุงุก.
09:53
We can start to honor the original treaties
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ูŠู…ูƒู†ู†ุง ุงู„ุจุฏุก ุจุชุดุฑูŠู ุงู„ู…ุนุงู‡ุฏุงุช ุงู„ุฃุตู„ูŠุฉ
09:55
between Indigenous peoples and non-Indigenous peoples
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ุจูŠู† ุงู„ุณูƒุงู† ุงู„ุฃุตู„ูŠูŠู† ูˆุบูŠุฑู‡ู…
09:58
for water protection.
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ู„ุญู…ุงูŠุฉ ุงู„ู…ุงุก.
10:00
We can appoint guardians for the water
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ูŠู…ูƒู†ู†ุง ุชุนูŠูŠู† ุญุฑุงุณ ู„ู„ู…ุงุก
10:03
that ensure the water's rights are always protected.
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ู„ู„ุชุฃูƒูŠุฏ ุฃู† ุญู‚ูˆู‚ ุงู„ู…ุงุก ุฏุงุฆู…ุง ู…ุญู…ูŠุฉ.
10:07
We can also develop water-quality standards
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ูŠู…ูƒู†ู†ุง ุฃูŠุถุง ุชุทูˆูŠุฑ ู…ุนุงูŠูŠุฑ ู†ูˆุนูŠู‘ุฉ ุงู„ู…ุงุก
10:10
that have a holistic approach,
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ูˆูู‚ ู…ู‚ุงุฑุจุฉ ูƒู„ูŠู‘ุฉุŒ
10:11
that ensure the well-being of the water before our human needs.
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ุงู„ุชูŠ ุชุคูƒุฏ ูƒูˆู† ุงู„ู…ุงุก ุฌูŠู‘ุฏุง ู‚ุจู„ ุงู„ุงุณุชุนู…ุงู„ ุงู„ุจุดุฑูŠ.
10:16
And moreover, we can work to dismantle exclusive property ownership over water.
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ูˆุงู„ุฃูƒุซุฑ ู…ู† ู‡ุฐุงุŒ ูŠู…ูƒู†ู†ุง ุชููƒูŠูƒ ุงู„ุชู…ู„ู‘ูƒ ุงู„ุญุตุฑูŠ ู„ู„ู…ุงุก.
10:23
And there are amazing successful examples of this around the world.
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ูˆู‡ู†ุงูƒ ุฃู…ุซู„ุฉ ุฑุงุฆุนุฉ ู†ุงุฌุญุฉ ุญูˆู„ ู‡ุฐุง ุญูˆู„ ุงู„ุนุงู„ู….
10:29
The Whanganui River in Aotearoa, in New Zealand,
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ู†ู‡ุฑ ุงู„ูˆุงู†ุบุงู†ูŠ ุจุฃุชูŠุงุฑูˆุง ุจู†ูŠูˆุฒูŠู„ุงู†ุฏุง.
10:32
and the Ganges River in India
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ูˆู†ู‡ุฑุงู„ุบุงู†ุฌ ุจุงู„ู‡ู†ุฏ
10:33
were both granted legal personhood in 2017.
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ูƒู„ุงู‡ู…ุง ู…ูู†ุญ ุงู„ุดุฎุตูŠุฉ ุงู„ู‚ุงู†ูˆู†ูŠุฉ ููŠ ุณู†ุฉ 2017.
10:36
And even this year,
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ูˆุญุชู‰ ููŠ ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ุณู†ุฉุŒ
10:37
the residents of the city of Toledo
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ุณูƒุงู† ู…ุฏูŠู†ุฉ ุชูˆู„ูŠุฏูˆ
10:40
recognized the legal personality of Lake Erie.
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ุฃูƒุฏูˆุง ุงู„ุดุฎุตูŠุฉ ุงู„ู‚ุงู†ูˆู†ูŠุฉ ู„ุจุญูŠุฑุฉ ุฅูŠุฑูŠ.
10:43
And right here in California,
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ูˆู‡ู†ุง ุจุงู„ุชุญุฏูŠุฏ ููŠ ูƒุงู„ูŠููˆุฑู†ูŠุงุŒ
10:45
the Yurok Tribe granted legal personhood to the Klamath River.
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ู‚ุจูŠู„ุฉ ูŠูˆุฑูˆูƒ ู…ู†ุญุช ุงู„ุดุฎุตูŠุฉ ุงู„ู‚ุงู†ูˆู†ูŠุฉ ู„ู†ู‡ุฑ ูƒู„ุงู…ุงุซ.
10:51
You see, I imagine a world where we value water
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ุชุฑูˆู† ุฃู†ู†ูŠ ุฃุชุฎูŠู„ ุฃู† ุงู„ุนุงู„ู… ูŠู‚ูŠู… ุงู„ู…ุงุก.
10:55
as a living relation,
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ูƒุนู„ุงู‚ุฉ ุญูŠู‘ุฉุŒ
10:57
where we work to restore our connection to water.
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ุนู†ุฏู…ุง ู†ุนู…ู„ ู…ู† ุฃุฌู„ ุงุณุชุฑุฌุงุน ุนู„ุงู‚ุชู†ุง ู…ุน ุงู„ู…ุงุก.
11:02
As women, we are water carriers.
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ูƒุงู…ุฑุฃุฉ ูู†ุญู† ุจุฎู„ููŠุฉ ู…ุงุฆูŠุฉ.
11:05
We nurture water in our wombs for nine months.
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ู†ุบุฐูŠ ุงู„ู…ุงุก ุจุฃุฑุญุงู…ู†ุง ู„ุชุณุนุฉ ุฃุดู‡ุฑ.
11:08
It's the first medicine that each of us as human beings
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ุฅู†ู‡ ุฃูˆู„ ุฏูˆุงุก ู…ู† ุงู„ู…ูุชุฑุถ ุนู„ูŠู†ุง ูƒุจุดุฑ
11:12
is exposed to.
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ุฃู† ู†ุชุนุงุทุงู‡.
11:13
See, we are all born as human beings with a natal connection to water,
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ุฅุฐู† ูˆูู„ุฏู†ุง ูƒุจุดุฑ ุจุนู„ุงู‚ุฉ ู…ูŠู„ุงุฏูŠุฉ ู…ุน ุงู„ู…ุงุกุŒ
11:19
but somewhere along the way, we lost that connection,
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ู„ูƒู† ุจู…ูƒุงู† ู…ุง ููŠ ุงู„ุทุฑูŠู‚ ู†ูู‚ุฏ ุชู„ูƒ ุงู„ุนู„ุงู‚ุฉุŒ
11:22
and we have to work to restore it.
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ูˆุนู„ูŠู†ุง ุฃู† ู†ุนู…ู„ ู„ุงุณุชุฑุฌุงุนู‡ุง.
11:24
Because I imagine a world
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ู„ุฃู†ู†ูŠ ุฃุชุฎูŠู„ ุงู„ุนุงู„ู…
11:26
in which water is healthy and ecosystems are thriving.
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ุญูŠุซ ุงู„ู…ุงุก ุตุญูŠ ูˆุงู„ู†ุธุงู… ุงู„ุจูŠุฆูŠ ูŠุฒุฏู‡ุฑ.
11:31
I imagine a world
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ุฃุชุฎูŠู„ ุนุงู„ู…ุง
11:33
where each of us takes up our right of responsibility
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ุญูŠุซ ูƒู„ู†ุง ูŠุฃุฎุฐ ุฌุฒุกุง ู…ู† ุงู„ู…ุณุคูˆู„ูŠุฉ
11:37
as water citizens
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ูƒู…ูˆุงุทู†ูŠู† ู…ุงุฆูŠูŠู†
11:38
and protects water.
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ูˆู†ุญู…ูŠ ุงู„ู…ุงุก.
11:41
So, in the words of Nokomis,
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ุฅุฐู†ุŒ ุจูƒู„ู…ุงุช ุงู„ู†ูˆูƒูˆู…ูŠุณุŒ
11:45
what are you going to do about it?
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ู…ุง ุงู„ุฐูŠ ุฃู†ุช ุนู„ู‰ ูˆุดูƒ ูุนู„ู‡ุŸ
11:47
What are you going to do for the water?
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ู…ุง ุงู„ุฐูŠ ุณุชูุนู„ู‡ ู…ู† ุฃุฌู„ ุงู„ู…ุงุกุŸ
11:51
Well, you can call your local politician.
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ุญุณู†ุŒ ูŠู…ูƒู†ูƒ ุงู„ุงุชุตุงู„ ุจุงู„ุณูŠุงุณูŠ ุงู„ู…ุญู„ูŠ.
11:54
You can go to a town meeting.
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ูŠู…ูƒู†ูƒ ุงู„ุฐู‡ุงุจ ุฅู„ู‰ ุงุฌุชู…ุงุน ุงู„ุจู„ุฏุฉ.
11:56
You can advocate for granting legal personhood to water.
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ูŠู…ูƒู†ูƒ ุงู„ู…ุญุงู…ุงุฉ ู…ู† ุฃุฌู„ ู…ู†ุญ ุงู„ุดุฎุตูŠุฉ ู„ู„ู…ุงุก.
12:00
You can be like the residents of the city of Toledo
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ูŠู…ูƒู†ูƒ ุฃู† ุชูƒูˆู† ู…ุซู„ ุณูƒุงู† ู…ุฏูŠู†ุฉ ุชูˆู„ูŠุฏูˆ
12:03
and build from the grass roots,
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ูˆุงู„ุจู†ุงุก ุงู†ุทู„ุงู‚ุง ู…ู† ุฌุฐูˆุฑ ุงู„ุนุดุจุŒ
12:04
and craft your own legislation if the politicians won't write it,
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ูˆูƒุชุงุจุฉ ุชุดุฑูŠุนูƒ ุงู„ุฎุงุต ุฅุฐุง ุฑูุถ ุงู„ุณูŠุงุณูŠูˆู† ูƒุชุงุจุชู‡ุŒ
12:08
recognizing legal personality of water.
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ุงู„ุชุฃูƒูŠุฏ ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุดุฎุตูŠุฉ ุงู„ู‚ุงู†ูˆู†ูŠุฉ ู„ู„ู…ุงุก.
12:11
You can learn about the Indigenous lands and waters that you now occupy
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ูŠู…ูƒู†ูƒ ุฏุฑุงุณุฉ ุฃุฑุถ ุงู„ุณูƒุงู† ุงู„ุฃุตู„ูŠูŠู† ูˆุงู„ู…ุงุก ุงู„ู…ูˆุฌูˆุฏ ููŠู‡ุง.
12:15
and the Indigenous legal systems that still govern them.
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ูˆุงู„ู†ุธุงู… ุงู„ู‚ุงู†ูˆู†ูŠ ุงู„ุนุฑููŠ ุงู„ุฐูŠ ู„ุง ูŠุฒุงู„ ูŠุญูƒู…ู‡ุง.
12:19
And most of all, you can connect to water.
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ูˆููˆู‚ ูƒู„ ู‡ุฐุงุŒ ูŠู…ูƒู†ูƒ ุงู„ุงุฑุชุจุงุท ุจุงู„ู…ุงุก.
12:21
You can restore that connection.
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ูŠู…ูƒู†ูƒ ุงุณุชุฑุฌุงุน ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ุนู„ุงู‚ุฉ.
12:23
Go to the water closest to your home,
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ุงุฐู‡ุจ ุฅู„ู‰ ุฃู‚ุฑุจ ู…ุงุก ุฅู„ู‰ ุจูŠุชูƒุŒ
12:26
and find out why it is threatened.
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ูˆุงูƒุชุดู ู„ู…ุงุฐุง ู‡ูˆ ู…ู‡ุฏู‘ุฏ.
12:29
But most of all, if you do anything,
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ูˆููˆู‚ ูƒู„ ู‡ุฐุงุŒ ุฅุฐุง ูุนู„ุช ุฃูŠ ุดูŠุกุŒ
12:31
I ask that you make a promise to yourself,
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ุฃุณุฃู„ูƒ ุฃู† ุชู‚ุทุน ูˆุนุฏุง ุนู„ู‰ ู†ูุณูƒุŒ
12:35
that each day, you will ask,
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ุฃู† ู…ุง ู…ู† ูŠูˆู… ูŠู…ุฑู‘ ุฅู„ุง ูˆุชุณุฃู„ ู†ูุณูƒุŒ
12:37
"What have I done for the water today?"
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"ู…ุงุฐุง ูุนู„ุช ู…ู† ุฃุฌู„ ุงู„ู…ุงุก ุงู„ูŠูˆู…ุŸ"
12:41
If we are able to fulfill that promise,
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ุฅุฐุง ูƒู†ู‘ุง ู‚ุงุฏุฑูŠู† ุนู„ู‰ ุฅู†ุฌุงุฒ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ูˆุนุฏุŒ
12:45
I believe we can create a bold and brilliant world
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ุฃุคู…ู† ุฃู†ู‡ ุจุฅู…ูƒุงู†ู†ุง ุฅู†ุดุงุก ุนุงู„ู…ู ุฑุงุฆุนู ูˆู‚ูˆูŠู‘
12:49
where future generations are able to form
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ุญูŠุซ ูŠู…ูƒู† ู„ู„ุฃุฌูŠุงู„ ุงู„ู‚ุงุฏู…ุฉ ุฃู† ุชูƒูˆู‘ู†
12:53
the same relationship to water that we have been privileged to have,
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ู†ูุณ ุงู„ุนู„ุงู‚ุฉ ู…ุน ุงู„ู…ุงุกุŒ ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ุนู„ุงู‚ุฉ ุงู„ุชูŠ ุชู…ูŠุฒู†ุง ุจู‡ุงุŒ
13:00
where all communities of human and nonhuman relations
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ุญูŠุซ ูƒู„ู‘ ุงู„ู…ุฌุชู…ุนุงุช ุงู„ุจุดุฑูŠุฉ ูˆุบูŠุฑ ุงู„ุจุดุฑูŠุฉ
13:05
have water to live,
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ูƒุงู† ุงู„ู…ุงุก ู„ู‡ุง ู„ุชุนูŠุดุŒ
13:08
because water is life.
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ู„ุฃู† ุงู„ู…ุงุก ู‡ูˆ ุงู„ุญูŠุงุฉ.
13:10
Tabutni. Thank you.
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ุชุงุจูˆุชู†ูŠ . ุดูƒุฑุง.
13:12
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ุญูˆู„ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ู…ูˆู‚ุน

ุณูŠู‚ุฏู… ู„ูƒ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ู…ูˆู‚ุน ู…ู‚ุงุทุน ููŠุฏูŠูˆ YouTube ุงู„ู…ููŠุฏุฉ ู„ุชุนู„ู… ุงู„ู„ุบุฉ ุงู„ุฅู†ุฌู„ูŠุฒูŠุฉ. ุณุชุฑู‰ ุฏุฑูˆุณ ุงู„ู„ุบุฉ ุงู„ุฅู†ุฌู„ูŠุฒูŠุฉ ุงู„ุชูŠ ูŠุชู… ุชุฏุฑูŠุณู‡ุง ู…ู† ู‚ุจู„ ู…ุฏุฑุณูŠู† ู…ู† ุงู„ุฏุฑุฌุฉ ุงู„ุฃูˆู„ู‰ ู…ู† ุฌู…ูŠุน ุฃู†ุญุงุก ุงู„ุนุงู„ู…. ุงู†ู‚ุฑ ู†ู‚ุฑู‹ุง ู…ุฒุฏูˆุฌู‹ุง ููˆู‚ ุงู„ุชุฑุฌู…ุฉ ุงู„ุฅู†ุฌู„ูŠุฒูŠุฉ ุงู„ู…ุนุฑูˆุถุฉ ุนู„ู‰ ูƒู„ ุตูุญุฉ ููŠุฏูŠูˆ ู„ุชุดุบูŠู„ ุงู„ููŠุฏูŠูˆ ู…ู† ู‡ู†ุงูƒ. ูŠุชู… ุชู…ุฑูŠุฑ ุงู„ุชุฑุฌู…ุงุช ุจุงู„ุชุฒุงู…ู† ู…ุน ุชุดุบูŠู„ ุงู„ููŠุฏูŠูˆ. ุฅุฐุง ูƒุงู† ู„ุฏูŠูƒ ุฃูŠ ุชุนู„ูŠู‚ุงุช ุฃูˆ ุทู„ุจุงุช ุŒ ูŠุฑุฌู‰ ุงู„ุงุชุตุงู„ ุจู†ุง ุจุงุณุชุฎุฏุงู… ู†ู…ูˆุฐุฌ ุงู„ุงุชุตุงู„ ู‡ุฐุง.

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