Water Protection
As global water crisis escalates, indigenous peoples and youth continue to defend their water rights, advocating, voicing water, rallying, making policies, and protesting.
Water Restoration
Mni Ki Wakan recognizes indigenous knowledge as the first line of water restoration, and other approaches of remediation. Utilizing ideas from the Mni Ki Wakan Reports to expand restoration.
Water Management
Water management includes water infrastructure, services, and maintenance of water plants. Maintenance of water resources, coastal seas, and fresh water.
Water Conservation
Water Conservation is emblematic of indigenous knowledge who see water as a living being with inherent rights to respect and dignity. This predominant worldview stands in contrast to positing water as a resource.
Indigenous Knowledge
Ecosystems Restoration
Policy & Decision Making
Human Rights
Water Technology
Indigenous Youth
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There are 175 million indigenous peoples in the world.
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5,000 of the world's 7,000 languages are indigenous peoples' languages.
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Each one of us is a drop of water, and together, we are an unstoppable force capable of breaking down all barriers.
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The strongest swimmers swim the roughest seas.
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We are all tributaries of the great river.
INTERNATIONAL SUPPORTERS
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Sponsor Pre-Summits
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The Mni Ki Wakan: World Indigenous Peoples’ Decade of Water convenes pre-summits each year that culminate in the annual summit in August. Indigenous peoples, youth, NGOs, IPOs, and allies are cordially invited to participate, collaborate, and partner.
Each year, the Mni Ki Wakan Report is co-developed by the global indigenous community in our all-community stakeholder process designed to guide the Indigenous Water Decade. Mni Ki Wakan invites partnerships and collective dialogue to coordinate Innovations and comments described in the reports.
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INDIGENOUS WATER ASSEMBLY
MEET OUR MEMBERS
The indigenous water assembly is dedicated to the respect and protection of water. Members are from diverse regions of the world community and carry out diverse areas of water governance centering indigenous knowledge.
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